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Solicitors and barristers in the UK are now permitted to take on conditional fees for personal injury, human rights and insolvency cases. For industrial tribunal cases, conditional fees are banned, but contingency fees permitted, for solicitors but not barristers. The UK government is now looking to expand conditional fees to all cases except criminal and family proceedings. Under a conditional fee, the claimant does not need to pay the lawyer's fees until the winnings are received. The lawyer receives an ordinary hourly rate, along with a success rate.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1998
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Private and confidential
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A Feb 1999 legal judgement gives new regulations for the use of expert witnesses in court cases. These rules will apply from Apr 26 1999. The new rules state that, when a court orders expert witnesses from both sides to meet before a hearing, the discussion between the witnesses is private. The experts release a joint statement for use as evidence in court, but the tribunal cannot seek information about the experts' discussion. The judgement also states that solicitors cannot instruct an expert witness what to say in court or in documentary evidence.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1999
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