Forde v Birmingham City Council [2009] EWHC 12 (QB)

Case Report: Ghising v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 3706 (QB)

CFAs; retrospective recoverability of success fees; back-dating ‘Notwithstanding that inter partes uplift is irrecoverable under the large majority of retainers entered after March 2013 (ie ‘pre-Jackson’), there are potential wider implications in this decision.’This costs appeal is notable for the relatively benign approach taken to a retrospective CFA. Facts The claimant took part in group …

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Costs: Back to the future with CFAs

Paul Jones considers the arguments concerning the recoverability of success fees using retrospective agreements ‘The recoverability of success fees made conditional fee agreements exponentially more attractive to claimants and their solicitors but, as a result of their growth, they became more and more objectionable to defendants.’Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) may very well go down in …

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