Glossary of civil litigation acronyms etc
Like legal regulation, civil litigation is peppered with acronyms and abbreviations, which it can sometimes be hard to keep up with.To make life easier, they have all been set out in a glossary, below, to which we will link in future postings where relevant. ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution CFA Conditional Fee Agreement DBA Damages Based Agreement… Continue reading
Like legal regulation, civil litigation is peppered with acronyms and abbreviations, which it can sometimes be hard to keep up with.To make life easier, they have all been set out in a glossary, below, to which we will link in future postings where relevant.
| ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| CFA | Conditional Fee Agreement |
| DBA | Damages Based Agreement |
| LASPO | Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which brought in the current raft of cuts in legal aid services |
| LIP | Litigant in person |
| LSS | Litigation and Settlements Strategy (of HMRC) |PATAS |Parking and Traffic Appeals Service, hears appeals from motorists against penalty charge notices etc |
| PCN | Penalty Charge Notice, usually for parking in the wrong place, driving in the Congestion Zone without paying, or some other fixed-penalty infringement |
| PI | Personal injury (in the context of claims for damages) |
| SME | Small and Medium sized Enterprises |