1998 No. 1860
The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998
Made
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 58(4) and (5) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 19901, having consulted in accordance with section 58(7) of that Act, makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2
In this Order “the Act” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
Revocation of 1995 Order2
The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 19952 is revoked.
Specified proceedings3
1
All proceedings are proceedings specified for the purposes of section 58(3) of the Act (conditional fee agreements in respect of specified proceedings not to be unenforceable).
2
Proceedings specified in paragraph (1) shall be specified proceedings notwithstanding that they are concluded without the commencement of court proceedings.
Maximum permitted percentage increase on fees4
For the purposes of section 58(5) of the Act the maximum permitted percentage by which fees may be increased in respect of any proceedings designated by article 3 as proceedings specified for the purposes of section 58(3) of the Act is 100%.
(This note is not part of the Order)