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20 Jan 2011, 6:05 am by Sean Wajert
We have posted before about the risks of CFA claims, and plaintiffs' attempts to expand traditional product liability claims using this device. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 3:22 am by INFORRM
However reading into the ECtHR judgment it appears to me that the CFA regime is not as oppressive as the media (who have a vested interest in removing CFAs) make it out to be. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 7:40 am
The combination is irresistible: a victory for the media over the hated 'conditional fee arrangement' (CFA) and the opportunity to publish more photographs of Naomi Campbell. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 7:09 am by Charon QC
Hat Tip @loveandgarbage Libel reform closer after Campbell ruling Greenslade blog Guardian: The European Court of Human Rights has dealt a mighty blow to no-win, no-fee arrangements (CFAs) with the ruling on the Naomi Campbell case in favour of Mirror Group Newspapers. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 12:10 am by INFORRM
  The combination is irresistible: a victory for the media over the hated “CFA” and the opportunity to publish more photographs of Naomi Campbell. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:52 pm by Mike
The judgment questions the whole system of CFAs which may need to be changed by the government. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:52 pm by Mike
The judgment questions the whole system of CFAs which may need to be changed by the government. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 10:00 pm by Rosalind English
Comparative studies undertaken by the media organisations intervening in support of the applicant showed that claimants with CFAs incurred substantially higher legal costs than those in other jurisdictions who had no CFA because of the lack of incentive of a client with a CFA to control the costs of legal work done on its behalf. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 7:29 am by INFORRM
  If (contrary to its present view) the Government were to decide not to reform the CFA regime, that decision would be a breach of Article 10. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 7:20 am by Adam Wagner
If (contrary to its present view) the Government were to decide not to reform the CFA regime, that decision would be a breach of Article 10. [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 9:20 pm by Simon Gibbs
I’m going to use this line the next time I bring a CFA challenge in the Senior Courts Costs Office. [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 10:51 am by INFORRM
Although decisions of the Court of Human Rights are not directly enforceable in domestic law, a decision in favour of MGN on either issue could have a profound impact on the operation of privacy law or CFAs in publication cases. [read post]
16 Jan 2011, 5:00 am
  As a result, the Colossus evaluation system is inherently incomplete and, when relied upon blindly, unfair.Concerns raised by CFA apparently led to an investigation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the Illinois Insurance Department of Allstate, one of the insurance companies using Colossus. [read post]
15 Jan 2011, 4:11 pm by INFORRM
LMS was formed as the previous Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, was seeking to kill off CFAs in libel cases. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 11:21 pm by lsico
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12 Jan 2011, 8:04 am by INFORRM
CFAs had swung it too far the other way, with lawyers being able to make too much money. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 4:30 am by Kevin Couch
Jan. 11, 2011) [PDF], the Plaintiff sued Denny's under the state Consumer Fraud Act [CFA], alleging that the restaurant chain failed to disclose the high sodium content in his typical breakfast of ham, bacon, sausage, and hash browns. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 4:12 pm by INFORRM
   Assuming that the Government’s current proposals lead to the effective abolition of libel CFAs, an individual such as Robert Murat or Christopher Yeates (see Martin Moore’s recent post) will effectively be left without remedy against the large and powerful corporations which publish national newspapers. [read post]