Rule 24

after paragraph (1), insert–

“(1A)

Section 74(3) of the Solicitors Act 1974^f1 applies unless the solicitor and client have entered into a written agreement which expressly permits payment to the solicitor of an amount of costs greater than that which the client could have recovered from another party to the proceedings.”; and

at the beginning of paragraph (2) insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”.