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Contingency fees

15 February 2010
Issue: 7404 / Categories: Legal News
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The government has revised the draft employment contingency fee regulations, due to come into force on 6 April.

The government has revised the draft employment contingency fee regulations, due to come into force on 6 April.

The cap on the amount of damages that can be taken in fees rises from 25% ex VAT to 35% inc VAT. Regulation 7 is expanded to say that a client may not terminate a contingency fee agreement after liability has been agreed, after settlement has been agreed or within seven days before the start of the tribunal hearing. The representative may not terminate the agreement and charge costs unless the client has behaved or is behaving unreasonably.
 

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