RULE CHANGES COMING INTO FORCE: 48 HOURS TO GO

A short, but timely, reminder that new rules come into force on the 6th April 2016.

These include:

• No costs budgeting where the claim is brought on behalf of a child.
• Normally no costs budgeting when the claimant has limited or impaired life expectancy.
• The costs budget must be filed “not later than 21 days before the first case management conference”. 
• An agreed budget discussion report to be filed no later than 7 days before the first case management conference.
• The use of only the first page of Precedent H where the party’s budgeted costs do not exceed £25,000 or the stated value on the claim is less than £50,000.
• A requirement that the bill of costs shows each phase of the costs budget.

FOR MORE DETAIL

• Important changes to costs budgeting: the key points
• Changes to cost budgeting rules: key dates and times