Elevating standards and practices for social and business value creation and using the law to hold those responsible for harm to account, and to catalyse change.
Purpose Litigation is an innovative approach to identifying, building and funding claims that drive constructive societal change and deliver measurable positive impact with a focus on three core themes: Human Rights and Governance, Environment, and Data Rights and Online Accountability.
Driving change and delivering impact through legal action and participation in legal and political institutions is not new to Mishcon de Reya. It is in the DNA of our firm, from the role Lord Mishcon played on the 1957 Wolfenden report which led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, to defending a claim brought by Holocaust denier David Irving in 2000, to acting for Gina Miller in two landmark constitutional cases in 2017 and 2019. The unusual depth of our experience in this area is not accidental – it reflects what we see as the proper role of a lawyer in public life and is central to the ethos and culture of our firm.
We are also unusual by nature of our in-house capability in data science and claims management which, along with our litigation finance venture MDR Solutions I, provides a strong platform for us to build, identify and fund claims. We have strong relationships with ESG funders, philanthropic and crowdfunding organisations and NGOs that invest in legal claims which drive change and deliver impact and with national and international law firms that can support claims in this jurisdiction and other jurisdictions.
Our approach: