“… claim if collusion is afoot to defeat their lien. The availability of such a lien, Lord Briggs said in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Co Ltd [2018] UKSC 21, [2018] 1 WLR 2052 at [1], is because it promotes access to justice by enabling solicitors to offer services to clients without the funds to pay upfront.…”
“…is is so, despite Lord Briggs making clear at [145] in Bott that it had been taken for granted in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v. Haven Insurance Company Ltd [2018] UKSC 21, [2018] 1 WLR 2052 that an equitable lien was a “litigation lien” using the term “litigation” in the broad general sense of pursuing a legal claim, rather than…”
“…ructed is of long standing. The solicitor’s equitable lien was described recently by Lord Briggs JSC in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Co Ltd [2018] UKSC 21 in the following terms: (para. 1)…”
“…ainst both these decisions. Since the hearing before the judge, the Supreme Court has given judgment in Gavin Edmondson Solicitors Ltd v Haven Insurance Co Ltd [2018] UKSC 21, [2018] 1 WLR…”