- May 26, 2016
Assignment of CFAs settled… for now
Solicitors holding pre-2013 conditional fee agreements (CFAs) assigned to them by prior firms breathed a sigh of (at least temporary) relief in early May 2016, following the decision of His Honour Judge Graham Wood QC in the County Court appeal in Jones v Spire Healthcare. Briefly put, a personal injury claimant (Ms Jones) entered into … Continue reading Assignment of CFAs settled… for now →
- October 1, 2015
Maharaj v Johnson: limitation in flawed transaction claims
In the recent case of Maharaj v Johnson, the Privy Council considered the vexed question of when time begins to run for the purposes of primary limitation in a claim that negligent advice led the claimant to enter into a “flawed transaction”.