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NIHL claims under the extended Fixed Recoverable Costs regime

Update

6th Jun 2023

Claims Portal, Costs, Fixed Recoverable Costs, Injury, Legal principles, NIHL Claims, Protocols and Portals, Sole Defendants

  • FOIL

As part of the introduction of the extended FRC regime, coming into effect on 1 October 2023, changes to the handling of NIHL claims are being introduced. The Pre-Action Protocol for Disease and Illness Claims will be amended on 1 October, to put in place a new Annex E, providing for alternative claims handling processes for NIHL claims worth up to £25k against a sole defendant.

Fixed Recoverable Costs – the draft rules

Update

10th May 2023

Costs, Costs, CPR & Courts, Draft rules, Fixed Recoverable Costs

  • FOIL

The draft CPR rules to extend the FRC regime, to introduce Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) for most claims worth up to £100,000, have now been published, with a new Intermediate Track to be created for claims worth between £25k and £100k. A FOIL Update was published on 24 April setting out the provisions in brief. This Update looks behind the headline issues to consider the detail of the proposed rules.

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