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Bates no 011

10 June 2014
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Dear Sig,

I am not an expert on contingency fee contracts and I review the documents you sent me on
that basis. The first thing to remember is that agreements drafted by lawyers are always 100%
in their favour. It is no different than asking Dracula to prepare a contract on blood
donorship.

I have dictated this in the early hours of the morning, so please excuse any typos. If you want
to show it to Sharon by all means do so and explain to her that I have worked with lawyers
for almost 50 years. Although they are lovable, admirable etc etc etc I am always very
suspicious of their agreements. { �lltlflU I)' XIV')

We all regard Sharon�ut you should treat this entirely as a commercial
transaction and not be influenced by friendship. If push comes to shove, friendship goes o_ut
of the window.

I have seen lots of pre- litigation packages in my time and the one from Kingsley Napley takes
the cake for verbiage.

The first thing I would do if I were you is to check with all of your existing insurers and with I
easyJet and advise them that you are thinking of entering into a contingency fee arrangement
and to make sure that they are happy with your approach.

You have four sets of documentation from Kingsley Napley:

• The Covering Letter
• The Engagement Letter
• the Conditional Fee Agreement
• Terms of Business

I have not had time to go through them all in detail (to make sure they are consistent) and
therefore do not know which one would prevail if it came to the crunch. My guess is they
could chose whatever suited them best.