Litigation Letter
The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013
Coming into force – 1st April 2013
Sections 58 and 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) (the 1990 Act) make provisions as regards the regulation
of conditional fee agreements (CFAs) and the recoverability of success fees payable under a CFA. Under these provisions, all
proceedings may be the subject of an enforceable CFA, save for specified family proceedings and all criminal proceedings other
than those under s82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43).