The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999

24.  In rule 48.8–

(a)after paragraph (1), insert–

(1A) Section 74(3) of the Solicitors Act 1974(1) applies unless the solicitor and client have entered into a written agreement which expressly permits payment to the solicitor of an amount of costs greater than that which the client could have recovered from another party to the proceedings.; and

(b)at the beginning of paragraph (2) insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”.