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PI and Clinical Negligence update: CFO interest cuts, CPRC minutes, stroke misdiagnosis claim dismissed, Dieselgate costs budgets slashed, CJC enforcement evidence call (England and Wales)

Published on: 18 July 2024

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  • Court Funds Office—interest change
  • CPR updates
  • Clinical negligence
  • Case management
  • Other PI and clinical negligence news
  • Daily and weekly news alerts
  • Useful information

Court Funds Office—interest change

Court Funds Office reduces special and basic accounts interest rate

With effect from 12 June 2024, the Court Funds Office lowered the interest applied to both special and basic accounts. Special account interest moved from 6.00% to 5.25%, while the basic account rate shifted from 5.00% to 3.94%. See: LNB News 16/07/2024 55.

CPR updates

Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—7 June 2024

The CPRC minutes dated 7 June 2024 record a range of topics: Serious Crime Prevention Orders; proposed amendments to CPR 25 (interim remedies and security for costs); the e-working pilot scheme; the small claims paper determination pilot scheme; and “costs budgeting light”. The minutes did not address the Fixed Recoverable Costs regime, which is intended to be widened to encompass clinical negligence claims valued at under £25k. See News Analysis: Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—7 June 2024...

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