Part 2Litigation funding and costs

Payments for legal services in civil cases

48Sections 44 and 46 and diffuse mesothelioma proceedings

(1)Sections 44 and 46 may not be brought into force in relation to proceedings relating to a claim for damages in respect of diffuse mesothelioma until the Lord Chancellor has—

(a)carried out a review of the likely effect of those sections in relation to such proceedings, and

(b)published a report of the conclusions of the review.

(2)In this section “diffuse mesothelioma” has the same meaning as in the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979.