Validity Of Contingent Fee Agreement By An Indian Advocate In Arbitration

        In a recently decided Indian case, the Bombay High Court held that a contingent fee agreement entered into by an Advocate to represent his client before an arbitrator in his capacity of a ‘Counsel’ would not render such agreement void as champertous. [Jayaswal Ashoka Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd. v. Pansare Lawad Sallagar…