The Minister referred specifically to defamation and privacy cases. The problem is that in the vast majority of cases—and in every single instance case in privacy cases—the awards are so small that if there is no success fee, it will be completely uneconomic for a lawyer to come forward with a CFA. That may not be the Minister's intention—I take him at his word—but the effect will be to stop CFAs in libel, defamation and privacy cases.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Bryant
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 November 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
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