‘This appeal raises two principal issues of general importance in relation to a detailed assessment of solicitor and client costs pursuant to the Solicitors Act 1984 s.70 and CPR 46.9. The first issue concerns the proper meaning and application of CPR 46.9(3) as regards a success fee of 100% under a Conditional Fee Agreement (‘the CFA’), which has been fixed at that level without any regard to the risk of failure of the claim. The second issue is whether the cost of the premium for an After The Event (‘ATE’) insurance policy was properly to be treated as a solicitor’s disbursement or merely an entry in the client account.’
Judges:
Sir Terence Etherton MR
Citations:
[2019] EWCA Civ 527
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Legal Professions, Costs
Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.635249