Hearings
England & Wales
12 Feb 1998 [1998] 1 WLR 1056; [1998] 2 All ER 673, CA
Hodgson v Imperial Tobacco Ltd
Subject Matter
COSTS — Order for costs — Interlocutory application — Solicitors and counsel acting for plaintiffs under conditional fee agreements — Defendants indicating possibility of seeking costs from lawyers personally — Plaintiffs seeking pre-emptive order barring application — Whether appropriate — Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, s 58
PRACTICE — Chambers applications — Confidentiality — Directions in multi-party litigation given in chambers — Parties and legal advisers ordered not to comment to media without leave of court — Whether hearings in chambers confidential — Whether order necessary to protect administration of justice — Administration of Justice Act 1960 s 12
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Introduction - Conditional fee agreements and champerty
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