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12.04.13

CFA success Fees and After the Event Insurance premiums cease to be recoverable

save in libel/privacy, insolvency and mesothelioma cases, Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) success fees and After The Event (ATE) insurance premiums have ceased to be recoverable from the losing party in civil litigation.  The change will not affect CFAs and ATE insurance policies enetered into prior to 1 April 2013. CFAs allow solicitors and their clients to share the risk of the litigation.  The solicitor only charges the…