Civil Procedure Rule Committee invites feedback for interim implementation stocktake of fixed recoverable costs.
Post-implementation review will consider increasing the small claims track limit to £5,000.
National Audit Office report points out that lawyers’ fees are 3.7 times higher than damages awarded to claimants in cases worth under £25,000.
The government wants to protect victims of clinical negligence, but it may be pricing them out of making a claim.