Product Liability 2009 - Arnold & Porter LLP

Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm, Mellbye & Bech AS Norway
7.3 If so, are there any restrictions on the availability of public
funding?
The conditions for obtaining legal aid are relatively strict. They
will normally be fulfilled however, if the case is of sufficient
significance and the applicant has a low annual income. The gross
income must not exceed NOK 230,000 a year for a single person or
NOK 345,000 for a couple sharing their income and expenses.
7.4 Is funding allowed through conditional or contingency fees
and, if so, on what conditions?
No such arrangements are permitted under Norwegian law.
7.5 Is third party funding of claims permitted and, if so, on
what basis may funding be provided?
There are no rules in Norwegian law prohibiting such funding.
Magnus Hellesylt
Wiersholm
P.O. Box 1400 Vika
0115 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 210 210 00
Fax: +47 210 210 01
Email: magnus.hellesylt@wiersholm.no
URL: www.wiersholm.no
Magnus Hellesylt is admitted to the Supreme Court, and has
extensive litigation and dispute resolution experience in several
areas of law. He regularly litigates in Norwegian courts. Magnus
Hellesylt started working in Wiersholm in 1985 and became Partner
in 1989.
8 Updates
ICLG TO: PRODUCT LIABILITY 2009
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8.1 Please provide, in no more than 300 words, a summary of
any new cases, trends and developments in Product
Liability Law in Norway.
There have been no major new trends or developments in product
liability law other than the rules allowing for group claims under the
new CPA.
Nicolai Nyland
Wiersholm
P.O. Box 1400 Vika
0115 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 210 210 00
Fax: +47 210 210 01
Email: nicolai.nyland@wiersholm.no
URL: www.wiersholm.no
Nicolai Nyland primarily works with environmental law, contract
law, as well as litigation. He started working as a senior associate
in Wiersholm in 2008. He worked as a Research Fellow at the Law
Faculty at the University of Oslo from 2002-2008, and as an
associate lawyer in Wikborg Rein & Co., Oslo from 2001-2002.
LLM, University of Cape Town, 2000.
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