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Coventry v Lawrence (No 2)

[2014] UKSC 46
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2014
StatusBinding authority

Summary

CFA success fees and ATE insurance premiums are not incompatible with Article 6 ECHR, though the Supreme Court expressed concern about their proportionality.

Key Principle

Conditional fee agreements with success fees and ATE insurance premiums are not incompatible with Article 6 ECHR; but the Supreme Court expressed concern about proportionality of recoverable success fees.

Area of Law

costs

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