Conditional fee agreements, are nowadays perhaps the most important species of champerty. Such agreements are still unlawful, R (Factorthame Ltd) v. Transport Secretary (No 8) (CA), (2003) LR 381 QB.
Means an agreement in writing between a person providing advocacy or litigation services and his client which -- (a) does not relate to proceedings of a kind mentioned in sub-s. (10); (b) provides for that person's fees and expenses, or any part of then, to be payable only in specified circumstances; (c) complies with such requirements (if any) as may be prescribed by Lord Chancellor; and (d) is not a contentious business agreement, R (Factortame Ltd) v. Transport Secretary (No 8) (CA), (2002) 3 WLR 1104 (Courts and Legal Services Act, 1990, s. 58.)
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