Fixed Recoverable Costs
Lisa O'Dwyer:
Director at
Medico-Legal Services
at Action against
Medical Accidents
(AvMA)
Many clinical negligence specialist solicitors
will admit that if you were to set about
designing a claimant friendly court process
it is unlikely that anyone would recommend
the current one.
The potential for a better, more efficient,
and more economical way of working does
exist but to make effective change it is
our view that you need to look at the current
system to identify the triggers that give
rise to increased costs.
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Ian Cohen: Director
at The Cohen
Consultancy Ltd
Back in 2017 when Sir Rupert outlined
the types of cases that should be excluded
from the extension of the Fixed Recoverable
Costs regime, it was expressly stated
that Clinical Negligence cases would be
one of them.
The initial consultation outlined proposals
to exclude certain types of cases that
wouldn't fit the criteria for Intermediate
Track allocation, but it was the Government's
intention to broaden the scope of cases
covered by FRC in due course and in an
incremental way.
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