(1) The torts of maintenance and champerty are abolished.
Note For the abolition of the common law offences of maintenance, champerty and being a common barrator, see the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1955
(rep), s 68 and the Civil Law (Property) Act 2006
, s 507 (2) (rep, LA s 89 (3)).
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any rule of law about—
(a) the illegality or avoidance of contracts that are tainted with maintenance or are champertous; or
(b) the misconduct of a lawyer who—
(i) engages in conduct that would have been maintenance at common law; or
(ii) is a party to a
champertous agreement.