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2024 rates published

04 December 2023
Issue: 8052 / Categories: Legal News , Costs , Profession
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The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffry Vos has published the guideline hourly rates (GHR) for next year, after accepting all the Civil Justice Council costs review recommendations

The rates, published last week, range from £134 (up from £126) nationally and £198 (£186) in central London for trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners, to £272 (£255) nationally and £546 (£512) in central London for solicitors and legal executives with more than eight years’ experience.

The GHR will come into force on 1 January 2024 and then be uplifted annually by the Services Producer Price Index.

The Civil Justice Council published its final report on the civil costs regime, ‘Costs review’, in May. The review, led by Lord Justice Birss, had been asked to take a strategic and holistic view on costs, given the ongoing digitalisation of civil justice.

Speaking at the Civil Justice Council’s recent national forum, Sir Geoffrey said he accepted that ‘one size does not necessarily fit all’ when it came to costs budgeting.

Issue: 8052 / Categories: Legal News , Costs , Profession
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