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)
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