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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013 and will come into force on 1st April 2013.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986(1);
“the 1990 Act” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
“claim for personal injuries” has the same meaning as in Rule 2.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998(2);
“company” means a company within the meaning of section 1 of the Companies Act 2006(3) or a company which may be wound up under Part V of the 1986 Act;
“diffuse mesothelioma” has the same meaning as in section 48(2) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(4);
“news publisher” means a person who publishes a newspaper, magazine or website containing news or information about or comment on current affairs;
“publication and privacy proceedings” means proceedings for—
defamation;
malicious falsehood;
breach of confidence involving publication to the general public;
misuse of private information; or
harassment, where the defendant is a news publisher.
“representative” means the person or persons providing the advocacy services or litigation services to which the conditional fee agreement relates.
1986 c.45, to which there have been amendments not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 1998/3132, to which there have been amendments not relevant to this Order.
2006 c.46, to which there have been amendments not relevant to this Order.
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