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LNB NEWS: The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023—amendments to qualified one-way costs shifting

06 February 2023
Categories: Legal News , CPR , Costs , Procedure & practice
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The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023, SI 2023/105, made on 30 January 2023, were published on 2 February 2023. 

Lexis®Library update: The amendments made to qualified one-way costs shifting apply only to claims where proceedings are issued on or after 6th April 2023.

SI 2023/105 includes amendments made at Part 44 in relation to rule 44.14 which covers the effect of qualified on-way costs shifting.

The amendments made, will:

• allow courts in England and Wales to order that the parties' costs in cases falling within the scope of the qualified one-way costs regime be set-off against each other

• include deemed orders and agreements to pay damages or costs to allow off-setting of costs orders made in favour a defendant

• ensure offers made under Part 36 (regarding offers to settle) come within rule 44.14

Source: The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 3 February 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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