Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013

My Lords, both these instruments, which are important elements of our reform, come into effect on...

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My Lords, I always like to be consistent and it certainly would be inconsistent of me not to begi...

Before the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, sits down, does he agree that in his own extremely eloquent ...

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My Lords, as a non-lawyer—perhaps the only one in the Room—I fully appreciate that the noble Lord...

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My Lords, before my noble friend the Minister sits down, I have one question on the point made by...

I am grateful to my noble friend for that question. I am informed that neither the Act nor the re...

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I will certainly give it further thought, but the question was whether the regulations as present...