ICYMI: Crowell’s London R&I Team Appointed by Kroll Advisory in Bankruptcy of £330M Woodville Litigation Fund

London – July 29, 2026: Crowell & Moring's London Restructuring and Insolvency team has been appointed by Kroll Advisory in the administration of Woodville Consultants Limited (trading as Woodville Litigation Funding), a motor finance litigation funder with an estimated £330m loan book and more than 300,000 claims under its belt. The team first acted for a group of investors in successfully securing a contested administration order from the High Court and has since been retained by Kroll to assist in the wider administration process. Woodville's collapse is the latest sign of mounting stress in the litigation funding market, driven by the FCA's ongoing motor finance redress process and the resulting uncertainty over the timing and quantum of claims. 

Paul Muscutt, Crowell & Moring restructuring and insolvency partner, told Insolvency Insider UK: “It is highly questionable how such models are workable when the time scales to realize consumer claims are uncertain in time and quantum and many claims depend on a number of factors, including court timetables and backlogs, consumer eligibility and disputes as to financial loss on the part of the consumer.”  

Press Coverage 

• Insolvency Insider UK: Woodville Litigation Funding enters administration with £249 million loan book 

• Law360: Woodville Forced Into Administration As Finance Claims Frozen 

• Automotive Management Online: Car finance claims funder collapses as redress delays bite 

• The Law Society Gazette: Motor finance claims litigation funder with 300,000 cases under its belt appoints administrators after court action 

• Legal Futures: Pressure on law firms as car finance litigation funder goes down 

• Finance Connect: Motor finance litigation funder collapses 
• The Times: Investors hit by £250m collapse of car finance litigation funder 

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