The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has extended the closing date of its consultation on costs by an additional two weeks, to 12pm on 14 October 2022.
Its Costs Working Group consultation covers the four areas of costs budgeting, guideline hourly rates, costs under pre-action protocols/portals and the digital justice system, and the consequences of the extension of fixed recoverable costs.
The consultation highlights the wider context to any discussion of costs, namely the potential of digitisation to transform the justice system and reduce cost, the necessity of taking into account the needs of vulnerable court users, and the economic necessity of maintaining a functioning civil justice system.
