By Hugh Meighen ( October 26, 2017, 8:35 AM EDT) -- In Canada, limits on third party litigation funding have historically been imposed by the common law doctrines of maintenance and champerty. The concept of maintenance is “directed against those who, for an improper motive, often described as wanton or officious intermeddling, become involved with disputes (litigation) of others in which the maintainer has no interest whatsoever.”...