Civil Justice Council’s latest consultation looks at legal costs
In early 2022 the Master of the Rolls asked the Civil Justice Council (‘CJC’) to take a strategic and holistic look at costs, particularly given the ongoing transformation of civil justice into a digital justice system. The CJC approved the setting up of a Costs Working Group at its April meeting and agreed that the scope of work would cover the four areas.
There will be three phases, the first being the already published paper and the second phase is the consultation phase. The third phase will be the production of the final report with recommendations.
The CJC agreed that the Working Group would focus on four areas:
1) Costs Budgeting;
2) Guideline Hourly Rates;
3) Costs under pre-action protocols/portals and the digital justice system;
4) Consequences of the extension of FRC. Responses and reactions are invited to the questions raised in this paper, with a deadline of 12:00pm on Friday 30 September 2022.
The Costs Working Group will be held over the coming months to get a sense of what costs changes the profession wants. The Consultation closes on 30 September Costs working Group – Consultation Paper – June 2022 (judiciary.uk).
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Published 18 July 2022
Author – Sue Fox