The process ... In a clear-cut case of libel or slander, your legal team, in preparing for the High Court, may well act on a CFA basis (Conditional Fee Arrangement). On assessing your case, the solicitor and barrister will then accept to act on this basis where their fees will be paid by the other side on a successful outcome. Details of how this works are explained here. Check out solicitors websites for details on CFA. A list of solicitors can be found here. Be warned! Every effort to delay by the perpetrators is in their favour, as the law states there is a maximum time limit of twelve months in which to act. Ridiculous, we know. So to strenghen your situation, a protective claim should be made to guard your position and release the time restraint to a more comfortable period in which to pursue your case.

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