Access to Justice Act 1999 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Access to Justice Act 1999

The provision sets rules for conditional fee agreements and litigation funding agreements, including writing, content limits, and Lord Chancellor controls, and it also gives coroner inquest adjournment/resumption rules when a related public inquiry is held.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
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Language
en
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appeals conditional fee agreements court administration in-force provisions judicial administration judicial appointments legal services funding legislative lifecycle licensing litigation funding local authority duties magistrates' courts pensions repeals solicitors regulation statutory amendment text substitutions warrants

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About this statute

The provision sets rules for conditional fee agreements and litigation funding agreements, including writing, content limits, and Lord Chancellor controls, and it also gives coroner inquest adjournment/resumption rules when a related public inquiry is held. This part sets territorial extent, updates many statutes, and gives the Lord Chancellor control over applications by bodies seeking rights of audience or rights to conduct litigation. This provision makes many court-administration amendments, replacing references to clerks with proper officers or justices’ chief executives, and gives the Lord Chancellor and Minister for the Civil Service certain delegated powers. This text lists many amendments to the Access to Justice Act 1999, including repeals, substitutions, and transfers of functions across sections and schedules. This provision is a change log: it records insertions, commencements, substitutions, repeals, and omissions affecting parts of the Act and its schedules.