A win, but hardly a windfall
The Belsner v Cam Legal Services Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 1387 appeal has been allowed in favour of the Solicitors.
Tag: cfa
Client not bound to consider solicitor’s interests under a CFA when settling – Candey -v- Bosheh
In Candey Limited -v- Bosheh & Salfiti [2022] EWCA Civ 1103 the Court of Appeal held that a client is not bound to consider their solicitor’s interests when settling a…
When a CFA describes the claim rather than the work it covers
The recent Court of Appeal decision of Malone v Birmingham Community NHS Trust [2018] EWCA Civ 1376 reinforced the importance of a clearly drafted funding document. The case involved a…
CFA Squabbles…………
The case of Evans -v- Enterprise Group Holdings is an interesting and useful case to read in the context of ‘Bailey’ and costs claimed under a CFA post 1 November 2015. Be…
An Early Christmas Present
The recent case of Engeham –v- London & Quadrant Housing Ltd & Academy of Plumbing Ltd[i] represents good news for Claimant lawyers conducting work under Conditional Fee Agreements (CFA’s). In…
CFA and Assignment in Jones v Spire Healthcare – Appeal set for 16 December 2015
On 11 September 2015 DJ Jenkinson, sitting in Liverpool County Court, held that a Conditional Fee Agreement was not capable of assignment between two firms where the initial Conditional Fee…
Coventry v Lawrence – The Outcome
It’s a case that everyone has being waiting for and it proved to be fairly anti-climatic in the end. For those who want to refresh their memories we wrote an…
Coventry –v- Lawrence – The Immediate Aftermath and why Additional Liabilities on pre-Jackson cases are still recoverable
Most lawyers will likely be familiar with the unexpected judgment provided by the Supreme Court in the case of Coventry and others v Lawrence and another (No 2) [2014] UKSC…