Contingency Legal Aid Fund and Supplementary Legal Aid Fund – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Posted October 13th, 2011 in costs, legal aid, speeches by tracey

” “In this lecture to the Professional Negligence Bar Association (‘PNBA’) I want to concentrate on the question of creating a contingency legal fund (‘CLAF’) or possibly more than one such fund and a Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme (‘SLAS’). It is only now (when the abolition of recoverable success fees has been announced) that such a venture becomes possible…’ ”

Full speech

Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th October 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk