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MoJ to lift ban on contingency fees in revamp of no-win, no-fee system

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These proposals remind me of the fiasco of HIPS. I do not doubt that Jackson LJ is well intentioned and genuinely belives that he is promoting a wise solution to the problem of disproportionate costs, but in the real world litigation practitioners know that the practical effect of these reforms will be that we will be forced to turn away injured and other vulnerable clients who we no longer be able to help and they will have no remedy. It is not us lawyers who will suffer, we will change our business models and carry on. It will be the consumer who suffers, and in years to come these reforms will be recognised as a bad mistake and yet another reforming measure will be needed.

Posted date

30-Mar-2011

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6:03 pm

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