SOLICITOR CANNOT TAKE OVER CLIENT’S CAUSE OF ACTION: COURT OF APPEAL CONSIDERS ISSUES RELATING TO CHAMPERTY

In  Farrar & Anor v Miller [2022] EWCA Civ 295 the Court of Appeal upheld a decision that a firm of solicitors could not continue an action that had been assigned to them by their client.

  "a champertous agreement not sanctioned by the 1990 Act remains contrary to public policy and is the...