154 Damages-based agreements relating to employment matters
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (2009 c 25) | Legislation

Regulation of certain agreements

154  Damages-based agreements relating to employment matters

(1)     The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c 41) is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 58A insert—

“58AA Damages-based agreements relating to employment matters

(1)     A damages-based agreement which relates to an employment matter and satisfies the conditions in subsection (4) is not unenforceable by reason only of its being a damages-based agreement.

(2)     But a damages-based agreement which relates to an employment matter and does not satisfy those conditions is unenforceable.

(3)     For the purposes of this section—

(a)     a damages-based agreement is an agreement between

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