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SUCCESS FEES

4 Jan 2019News

The Court of Appeal has ruled against the common practice among personal injury firms of charging a 100% success fee and claiming the maximum limit of 25% of total damages. The judge in Herbert v HH Law [2019] EWCA Civ 527 said: 'In this country, in the context of a conditional fee agreement, the amount of a success fee is traditionally related to litigation risk'. Firms not informing their clients that the fee is unrelated to the risk of the case at the time of signing the CFA could now be open to challenges. 04 April 2019

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