... general information. I will discuss these places in further detail later on in my essay. Conditional Fee Agreements In 1990 section 58 of the legal services act allowed conditional fee agreements to help people in situations I have previously mentioned, but only in cases of personal injury, insolvency and human rights. In 1998 conditional fee agreements were extended to cover all civil cases except family. Conditional fee agreements support a substantial part of the access to justice act of 1999 (which established a community legal service providing services such as general information and legal advice) which helps the governments strategy for funding civil cases. They are quite important as people who have been denied legal funding (for reasons I will go in to later) instead opt for conditional fee agreements. Under a conditional fee agreement the solicitor may agree to take on the case on a 'no win no fee' basis. If ...

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