Section 11Part 2 — CONTINGENCY FEE AGREEMENTS
Reopening of agreement
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Where the amount agreed under a contingency fee agreement has been paid by or on behalf of the client or by any person chargeable with or entitled to pay it, the Grand Court may, upon the application of the person who has paid it, where it appears to the Grand Court that special circumstances of the case require the contingency fee agreement to be reopened, the Grand Court shall reopen the contingency fee agreement and —
shall order the fees and disbursements to be taxed on the indemnity basis if not agreed; and
may order the whole or any part of the amount received by the attorney-at-law to be repaid by the attorney-at-law on such terms and conditions as the Grand Court deems just.