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Hi Julian

I've got 3 m/ts that I was planning to issue in the next 3 months, and now will be applying for fee exemption on all of them. I would've underwritten them all, as i've done in the past, but not any longer - £6k lost to the court there. If I do the same on most of my clients, tiresome though that might be [and unpaid work], it'll probably come back cost - neutral. IME, seriously injured people are likely to be on benefits, with diminished capital.

If you're middle class with capital, and have a m/t accident, then yeah, you're right, you're screwed under these new changes. Even the heavyweight law firms will look more warily at a case where they have to fund it at this level, esp if it's no more than 60/40.

I'd be more angry if I was a general civil litigator in the over 100k category, or their client. It's a wealth grab.

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