Section 21.12(10)

A litigation friend must support a claim for payment from a fund of costs or expenses by filing a witness statement setting out, so far as applicable— the nature and amount of the costs or expenses and the reason they were incurred; a copy of any conditional fee or damages based agreement; a copy of any risk assessment by reference to which any success fee was determined; the reasons why the particular funding model was selected; the advice given to the litigation friend on funding arrangements; a copy bill or informal breakdown of the solicitor and own client base costs incurred; details of any costs agreed, recovered or fixed costs recoverable by the child; and an explanation of the amount agreed or awarded for— general damages for pain, suffering and loss of amenity; and damages for past financial loss, net of any sums recoverable by the Compensation Recovery Unit or the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15