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16.12.12

scrapping of recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums to be delayed for defamation and privacy cases

The Government has announced that it will delay the implementation of sections 44 and 46 of the Legal Aid, sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to defamation and privacy claims until an appropriate ‘costs protection’ regime has been introduced. sections 44 and 46 of the Act will mean that success fees under conditional fee…