The Civil Procedure Committee has confirmed that the new electronic bill of costs will become mandatory in the SCCO for new matter starts after 1st October 2017. Implementation of the bill into other courts is still being discussed. Updates to CPR will be made in July to account for the changes.
Kutter Walters is preparing for the changes accordingly and programmes which already enables preparation of the new form bill.
Incorrect expert invoices are a perennial cause of delay and rejections when preparing and submitting bills to the Legal Aid Agency. The LAA is incredibly
The new guideline hourly rates (GHR) came into force on 1st January 2025. The new rates, which are shown below, represent an increase of 3.65%
It might seem hard to believe but it has been over 10 years since costs management and budgeting was first introduced for multi-track claims. This
