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Common Law Invalidity of Conditional Fee Agreements for Litigation: “U Turn” in the Court of Appeal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2000

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The Court of Appeal in Awwad v. Geraghty & Co. (a firm) [2000] 1 All E.R. 608 has confirmed that conditional fee agreements are invalid at common law. The court rejected the contrary decision in Thai Trading Co. (a firm) v. Taylor [1998] Q.B. 781, C.A. (noted [1998] C.L.J. 469).

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