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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Collective Conditional Fee Agreements Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 30th November 2000.

(2)

In these Regulations, except where the context requires otherwise—

  • “client” means a person who will receive advocacy or litigation services to which the agreement relates;

  • “collective conditional fee agreement” has the meaning given in regulation 3;

  • “conditional fee agreement” has the same meaning as in section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;

  • “funder” means the party to a collective conditional fee agreement who, under that agreement, is liable to pay the legal representative’s fees;

  • “legal representative” means the person providing the advocacy or litigation services to which the agreement relates.