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Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. The Act – an Overview

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    Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1 – Success Fee Agreements

      1. Section 1 – Success fee agreements

      2. Section 2 – Enforceability

      3. Section 3 – Expenses in the event of success

      4. Section 4 – Power to cap success fees

      5. Section 5 – Exclusion for certain matters

      6. Section 6 – Personal injury claims

      7. Section 7 – Form, content etc.

    2. Part 2: Expenses in Civil Litigation

      1. Section 8 – Restriction on pursuers’ liability for expenses in personal injury claims

      2. Section 9 – Representation free of charge

      3. Section 10 – Third party funding of civil litigation

      4. Section 11 – Awards of expenses against legal representatives

      5. Section 12 – Minor and consequential modifications of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

      6. Section 13 – Meaning of “legal representative”.

    3. Part 3: Auditors of Court

      1. Section 14 – Auditors of court

      2. Section 15 – Temporary Auditor of the Court of Session

      3. Section 16 – Auditors’ functions

      4. Section 17 – Auditors unable to tax account

      5. Section 18 – Guidance

      6. Section 19 – Reports

    4. Part 4: Group Proceedings

      1. Section 20 – Group proceedings

      2. Section 21 – Group procedure: rules

      3. Section 22 – Group proceedings: further provision

    5. Part 5: Review of Operation of Act

      1. Section 23 – Review of operation of Act

    6. Part 6: General Provision

      1. Section 24 – Regulations

      2. Section 25 – Ancillary provision

      3. Section 26 – Meaning of “court”

      4. Section 27 – Commencement

    7. Schedule – Auditor of the Court of Session: Modification of Enactments

  4. Parliamentary History

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