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<p /> <p>When it came to power this Government made a priority of controlling legal
costs which had become unsustainably high. We made changes to the law on how ‘no win,
no fee’ conditional fee agreements (CFAs) operate, following recommendations by Lord
Justice Jackson. The CFA reforms in Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment
of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 were delayed for insolvency cases until April 2015,
to allow parties sufficient time to prepare for and adapt to the changes.</p><p> </p><p>In
April 2011 the Government published an Impact Assessment in relation to the reforms
set out in Part 2 of the LASPO Act. It explained that there may be a reduction in
the number of cases brought where no win no fee CFAs are used, but overall the LASPO
reforms should make costs more proportionate.</p>
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