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    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-08-21</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001714174</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Burford Capital Ltd</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BUR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001370948</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BOGART CHRISTOPHER P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>OAK HOUSE, HIRZEL STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. PETER PORT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>Y7</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>GY1 2NP</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>GUERNSEY</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom RSUs</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-08-21</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>I</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>89206</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>13.6</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>89206</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1913457.08</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents a purchase of 66,904.0 phantom RSUs (&quot;Phantom RSUs&quot;) by Mr. Bogart under the Burford Capital Deferred Compensation Plan (the &quot;NQDC Plan&quot;) and a matching contribution by the Company of 22,302.0 Phantom RSUs, which vest on August 11, 2027, in accordance with the NQDC Plan, subject to Mr. Bogart's continued employment through such date. Each Phantom RSU represents a contingent right to receive the economic equivalent of one ordinary share, no par value, of the Company (&quot;Ordinary Share&quot;), which may be paid in cash or Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms of the NQDC Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark N. Klein, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-08-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
