United Kingdom

Coventry v Lawrence (No 2)

[2014] UKSC 46

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year2014

Statusunclear

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

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