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The Accident Group (Tag) Test Cases (Sharratt v London Central Bus Co and other cases) (SCCO 27 November)

Because the county court decision in English v Clipson (21/ LL p93) was not appealed, test cases were brought before the senior costs judge, Peter Hurst, who found that a CFA in which the prescribed oral explanation had not been given by a solicitor was not defective. He summarised his findings: