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Multimillion Dollar Companies Backing Environmental Activists for Profit: Report

‘No-win-no-fee’ litigation backers are gambling millions on challenges to big projects across Australia in the hope of taking a major share of any payout.
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Multimillion Dollar Companies Backing Environmental Activists for Profit: Report
Demonstrators hold up placards outside the Australian Open venue during a climate protest rally in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 24, 2020. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
By Rex Widerstrom
7/8/2024Updated: 7/9/2024
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Many of the high-profile challenges by environmental activist groups against major projects are being backed by litigation funders—large, mostly foreign-owned companies that fund legal fees and other expenses in return for a significant share of any damages and costs awarded to the plaintiffs.

A report by the Menzies Research Centre, Open Lawfare, revealed the cost of delays caused by actions filed against various developments was $1.2 billion (US$809 million) in 2016.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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