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Hi everyone,
Not sure this is the right thread but here it goes.
I am looking for some advice regarding the ongoing Capita Data Breach Group Litigation Order (GLO). I originally onboarded with Barings Law back in 2023 under a standard No-Win No-Fee CFA (25% deduction). In early 2024, they issued High Court proceedings and gave me written confirmations that I had total adverse cost protection and would face zero out-of-pocket expenses.
Recently, the handling team left Barings, and I have been caught up in the mass migration to Abbleys Solicitors. Abbleys sent me a new CFA to sign, which I have refused to do because the success fee doubles from 25% to 50%. Abbleys explicitly admits in their emails that they do not formally represent me yet because I haven't signed their paperwork.
However, they are using heavy pressure tactics. They are telling me that if I don't sign up with them, my exit will be treated as a "discontinuance," and they are implying I will be left personally vulnerable to a pro-rata share of Capita’s High Court defense costs. I've seen on the Money Saving Expert forums that thousands of claimants are getting hit with these exact same threats to force them over to the 50% contract.
I want completely out of this litigation now. I do not want to transfer to Abbleys.
My questions for the forum are:
Has anyone else successfully managed to cut ties cleanly without being hit with termination fees or cost threats? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Update: I have just looked closely at the retainer portal Abbleys sent me. Rather than a High Court litigation transfer deed, it is a generic template instructing them to 'draft a Subject Access Request' and authorizing them to run credit checks to harvest 'any other claims I might have.' Most alarmingly, it states that signing this single box automatically 'transposes' my electronic signature onto a separate Contingent Fee Agreement that isn't even displayed on the screen.
Not sure this is the right thread but here it goes.
I am looking for some advice regarding the ongoing Capita Data Breach Group Litigation Order (GLO). I originally onboarded with Barings Law back in 2023 under a standard No-Win No-Fee CFA (25% deduction). In early 2024, they issued High Court proceedings and gave me written confirmations that I had total adverse cost protection and would face zero out-of-pocket expenses.
Recently, the handling team left Barings, and I have been caught up in the mass migration to Abbleys Solicitors. Abbleys sent me a new CFA to sign, which I have refused to do because the success fee doubles from 25% to 50%. Abbleys explicitly admits in their emails that they do not formally represent me yet because I haven't signed their paperwork.
However, they are using heavy pressure tactics. They are telling me that if I don't sign up with them, my exit will be treated as a "discontinuance," and they are implying I will be left personally vulnerable to a pro-rata share of Capita’s High Court defense costs. I've seen on the Money Saving Expert forums that thousands of claimants are getting hit with these exact same threats to force them over to the 50% contract.
I want completely out of this litigation now. I do not want to transfer to Abbleys.
My questions for the forum are:
- Since Barings initiated the High Court case but has ceased acting, and I refuse to sign with Abbleys, what is my actual immediate exposure as an unrepresented person on a GLO register?
- Can I simply email Barings terminating the contract for cause (due to them altering the financial terms and trying to force a transfer), or do I need to notify the court directly to remove my name from the register safely?
Has anyone else successfully managed to cut ties cleanly without being hit with termination fees or cost threats? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Update: I have just looked closely at the retainer portal Abbleys sent me. Rather than a High Court litigation transfer deed, it is a generic template instructing them to 'draft a Subject Access Request' and authorizing them to run credit checks to harvest 'any other claims I might have.' Most alarmingly, it states that signing this single box automatically 'transposes' my electronic signature onto a separate Contingent Fee Agreement that isn't even displayed on the screen.
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