New Fixed Costs Amendments & Extensions - Where Are We Now?

Introduction

April 2024 sees the arrival of new fixed costs Rules for unissued, low value clinical negligence claims.

We are also going to see changes to the October 2023 Intermediate Track Rules to address various omissions and ambiguities. How also are the new measures working in practice? What lessons have we learned about allocation to track and band?

Join Dominic Regan, who will explore the latest on the Rules and the problems that are envisaged.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Banding
• The inherent uncertainty where matters settle at Stage 1
• How easy is it to escape the ‘track’
• Clinical negligence actions
• November 2023 revised guidance from the Legal Ombudsman
• A pay rise
• Clinical negligence clarification
• What counts towards the 20-page expert report page limit?
• Contracting out of fixed costs
• A new Stage 16 added!
• New recoverable advocate’s fee on late settlement
• Gravesend expelled from London!

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.