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

1. Introduction

2. The Act – an Overview

3. 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