Question follow-through · 101690

Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislation to reverse the PACCAR judgement within the current Parliament.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 18 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 5 Jan 2026
Answer: 5 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislation to reverse the PACCAR judgement within the current Parliament.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
We intend to introduce legislation to mitigate the effect of the PACCAR judgment as soon as parliamentary time allows. The new legislation will clarify that Litigation Funding Agreements are not Damages Based Agreements. The Government recognises the crit...

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