Changes to the Civil Procedure Rules Relating to Costs: April 2016 - Stephane Osborne, MRN Solicitors

15/05/16. As is often the case these days another Civil Procedure Rule update has brought another change to the rules concerning costs. The statutory instrument containing the amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules has been confirmed and the update contains amendments to both the Practice Directions (PD) in respect of costs management and budgeting and the procedure of detailed assessment are to be changed.
These changes came into force from the 6 April 2016. The changes are as follows,
PD 3E – Costs management
Where the claimant has a limited/severely impaired life expectation (five years or less) the court will...
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