A ruling by Lord Brooke against the spiralling costs of conditional fee agreements for defendants in libel cases has created new hope among defendant lawyers and media organisations that costs might be capped. Sophie Evans reports
July 07, 2004 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
A debate is raging in the media world that has divided defamation lawyers over a cornerstone issue: what price the freedom of speech?
Four years into the use of conditional fee agreements (CFA) in libel cases, defendant lawyers argue that costs, with the spotlight on success fees, have spiralled out of control as the recoverability of success fees has become commonplace.
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