Nearly 78,000 people have donated in an effort to crowdfund cases in the Scottish courts. A study published in Edinburgh Law Review details that The People’s Action on Section 30 has raised the most money of any crowdfunding campaign in Scottish legal history. Dr. Andrew Tickell led the analysis.
An LFJ Conversation with Michael Kelley, Partner, Parker Poe
Nearly 78,000 people have donated in an effort to crowdfund cases in the Scottish courts. A study published in Edinburgh Law Review details that The People’s Action on Section 30 has raised the most money of any crowdfunding campaign in Scottish legal history. Dr. Andrew Tickell led the analysis.
Scottish Legal News explains that Martin Keatings, a pro-independence activist, secured over GBP 68,000 from nearly ten thousand people for his case centered on a hypothetical independence referendum bill, and whether such a bill would be under the purview of Holyrood.
This is not the first successful legal crowdfunding venture. In 2019, a fund of more than GBP 207,000 was amassed in an effort to challenge Boris Johnson on the lawfulness of his prorogation of Parliament.
Dr. Tickell affirms that legal crowdfunding is a viable and accepted form of legal finance.
