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The Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2000
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- 2000 No. 823
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Under sections 58 and 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, all proceedings may be the subject of an enforceable fee agreement except specified family proceedings and criminal proceedings other than those under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. This Order specifies the proceedings to which a conditional fee agreement must relate if it is to provide for a success fee. These are all proceedings which may be the subject of a conditional fee agreement except criminal proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Under section 58(4)(c) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Order also sets a maximum success fee percentage of 100% for all conditional fee agreements which provide for such fees.
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