Insurance Boost for Carter-Ruck CFA Clients

Carter-Ruck is delighted to announce that After the Event Insurance cover is now available to all defamation clients whom the firm represents on the basis of a Conditional Fee ("no win, no fee") Agreement.

Under the new scheme, in which Carter-Ruck is working in conjunction with Temple Legal Protection Limited, payment of the insurance premium is only made at the conclusion of the case. Furthermore, the client will not have to pay the premium in the event that the case is lost and the insurance has to pay out in respect of the other side's costs. Should the client go on to win their case, they will be entitled to claim the premium from their opponent.

it is particularly gratifying for Carter-Ruck to be able to announce the scheme a little over five years since it first introduced its "no win, no fee" (CFA) scheme. In that time the firm has acted for teachers, charity workers, policemen, doctors, human rights campaigners, cab drivers, members of the armed forces, academics, journalists, hospital workers and local councillors. None of these individuals could have afforded to pursue a libel complaint but for the availability of a CFA.

It is hoped that the availability of insurance cover will assist more such ordinary people in obtaining access to justice.

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Summer 2004