An earlier post on the risks posed by the transitional provisions of QOCS led to several comments. One of those comments was the question whether you can get QOCS protection on appeal if the original CFA did not cover appeals. A decision of a High Court Master last month gives a clear answer to th...
What if your original CFA exculded Appeals?Does this mean you can recover a success fee and a ATE premium for the Appeal or does it mean you have the worst of both worlds i.e. no recoverable success fee ,obliged to take out another ATE policy the premium for which will be high and not recoverable and a costs order against you if you lose.
The absurdity of the decision is that a Claimant is effectively unable to appeal unless they have very deep pockets. So much for access to justice.
What would be the position where the claimant had a CFA pre April 13 but his solicitors abandoned the claim due to low prospects, and the claimant then entered into a post LASPO CFA with new solicitors? Is he deprived of QOCs because he had had a pre commencement CFA even if that CFA is no longer in force?