ShareSoc-endorsed Woodford claim first to be fully funded and insure claimants' costs

Losses for WEIF investors may be recovered

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The UK Individual Shareholders Society (ShareSoc) has said that more than 500,000 of those who invested in the Woodford Equity Income fund (WEIF) may be able to recover "significant losses" as litigation firm Leigh Day has become the first to reach funding and claimant costs insurance agreements.

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