Article 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

This Order may be cited as the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013 and will come into force on 1st April 2013.

In this Order—

• “the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986^f1;

• “the 1990 Act” means the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;

• “claim for personal injuries” has the same meaning as in Rule 2.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998^f2;

• “company” means a company within the meaning of section 1 of the Companies Act 2006^f3 or a company which may be wound up under Part V of the 1986 Act;

• “diffuse mesothelioma” has the same meaning as in section 48(2) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012^f4;

• “news publisher” means a person who publishes a newspaper, magazine or website containing news or information about or comment on current affairs;

• “publication and privacy proceedings” means proceedings for—

  1. (a)

     defamation;

  2. (b)

     malicious falsehood;

  3. (c)

     breach of confidence involving publication to the general public;

  4. (d)

     misuse of private information; or

  5. (e)

     harassment, where the defendant is a news publisher.

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