NORWAY
Norway
Sweden Finland
Law and Practice Contributed by: Knud Jacob Knudsen, Jenny Sandvig, Oda Lauksund Engamo and Nicholas Foss Barbantonis Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig Contents 1. General p.1067 1.1 General Characteristics of the Legal System p.1067 1.2 Court System p.1067 2.1 Third-Party Litigation Funding p.1068 2.2 Third-Party Funding: Lawsuits p.1068 2.3 Third-Party Funding for Plaintiff and Defendant p.1069 2.4 Minimum and Maximum Amounts of Third-Party Funding p.1069 2.5 Types of Costs Considered Under Third-Party Funding p.1069 2.6 Contingency Fees p.1069 2.7 Time Limit for Obtaining Third-Party Funding p.1069 3. Initiating a Lawsuit p.1069 3.1 Rules on Pre-action Conduct p.1069 3.2 Statutes of Limitations p.1070 3.3 Jurisdictional Requirements for a Defendant p.1070 1.3 Court Filings and Proceedings p.1068 1.4 Legal Representation in Court p.1068 2. Litigation Funding p.1068
Oslo
Russia
Denmark
3.4 Initial Complaint p.1070 3.5 Rules of Service p.1071 3.6 Failure to Respond p.1071
3.7 Representative or Collective Actions p.1072 3.8 Requirements for Cost Estimate p.1072 4. Pre-trial Proceedings p.1073 4.1 Interim Applications/Motions p.1073 4.2 Early Judgment Applications p.1073 4.3 Dispositive Motions p.1073
4.4 Requirements for Interested Parties to Join a Lawsuit p.1074 4.5 Applications for Security for Defendant’s Costs p.1074 4.6 Costs of Interim Applications/Motions p.1074 4.7 Application/Motion Timeframe p.1074
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