Authority for the propositions that:-

(i) in litigation cases a solicitor who agrees an unreasonable conditional fee arrangement ("CFA") with his client will not be able to recover the full amount of his fee from the losing side;

(ii) a successful claimant will be able to recover from the losing side any reasonable premium for after the event ("ATE") insurance (ie insurance taken out to cover the risk of incurring a liability by starting legal proceedings which are later lost) and this is so even if the insurance was taken out prior to any "letter before action" being written.

For relevant general notes see Legal aid .