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LNB NEWS: MOJ launches consultation on issues relating to the new fixed recoverable costs regime

24 July 2023
Categories: Legal News , Costs , Procedure & practice
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The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has published a consultation on issues relating to the extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime. The consultation opens on Friday 21 July and will close on Friday 8 September 2023.

Lexis® update: The key focuses of the consultation include the following:

• whether costs on assessment should be fixed

• whether there should be fixed costs for CPR 8 (costs only) claims

• the recoverability of, on a separate basis, inquest costs and restoration proceedings, and how this should be dealt with in the CPR

• the issue of providing for the recoverability of an advocates’ preparation costs in the CPR where cases are settled late or are vacated

• whether the fixed trial advocacy fees which are in CPR PD 45 should be further uprated for inflation, and by how much and

• whether to make it explicit in CPR 26.9(10)(b) in respect of clinical negligence claims, that an early admission of liability must be made in the pre-action protocol letter of response

Source: Fixed recoverable costs: consultation on issues relating to the new regime (July 2023)

This content was first published by LNB News, a LexisNexis® company, on 21 July 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk

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