High Court: CFA was a contentious business agreement
A conditional fee agreement (CFA) can be a contentious business agreement under the Solicitors Act 1974, the High Court has ruled – but that did not mean every CFA was one.
Partners made “secret profit” from flight delay ATE insurance
Two law firm partners who made a “secret profit” by opting thousands of flight delay clients into an after-the-event insurance policy have been fined a total of £55,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Law firm entitled to fees from CFA after claimant’s death
A law firm which guaranteed clients there would be “no hidden, nasty surprises” could claim over £30,000 in fees from the estate of a deceased asbestosis claimant, the High Court has ruled
Commercial ATE insurers “should rethink merits test”
After-the-event insurers should consider lowering the merits test if they want to attract more commercial work, senior litigators have suggested.
Eversheds scores big-ticket work with funding offer
Global firm Eversheds Sutherland has launched ‘Total Dispute Finance’ in a push that it says has already attracted high-value work from competitors.
Court looks to commercial sense behind “ambiguous” CFA
An “ambiguous” CFA needed to be interpreted by reference to the “commercial common sense of the relationship” between a law firm and ATE insurer, the High Court has ruled.
Turnover continues to rise at ARAG despite ATE blockage
Leading legal expenses insurer ARAG has reported double-digit growth in its BTE business and a ninth year in profit, despite what it said were the “challenging market conditions” for ATE.
Solicitors right to throw off “shackles” of legal aid for CFA
The High Court has described as “reasonable” a decision by claimant lawyers that they needed the “freedom” of a CFA and shake off “the shackles” of legal aid to properly conduct a claim.
