Evidence of third-party litigation funding arrangements — including statements in organisational publications about defence funds, trial testimony confirming such funds, media reports of financial backing, and the absence of legal expenses in a party's financial statements — is sufficient to warrant disclosure orders to investigate whether the indemnity principle is satisfied. Hearsay evidence is admissible on such interlocutory applications. Statements made by an organisation in its own publications are inherently reliable for this purpose.
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