Article 89W Services in connection with counterclaims and claims against third partiesF1

There is excluded from articles 89G to 89M any activity carried on in circumstances where—

(a)

a claim has been made by a person (“the claimant”) against another person (“the defendant”); and

(b)

the activity being carried on consists of the provision of a service to the defendant in connection with—

(i)

the making of a counterclaim against the claimant arising out of the same set of facts as the claim referred to in sub-paragraph (a); or

(ii)

the making of a claim against a third party (whether for contribution, as a subrogated claim, or otherwise) which is incidental to, or consequent on, the claim referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 3B inserted (E.W.S.) (29.11.2018 for specified purposes, 1.4.2019 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1253), art. 1(2)(3), 7