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The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Voss has approved the increase to guideline hourly rates following the recommendations set out in the final report of The Civil Justice Council.

DeNovo Legal Services are proud to be partnering with the European Diversity Awards as part of their commitment to diversity. We are sponsoring the category 'Supplier Diversity Programme'.

The Civil Justice Council has published its final report following its review of the guideline hourly rates (GHR). The interim report in January proposed increases to the GHR (which has not seen any increase since 2010) of up to 35% for some categories of fee earner.

A study of 5000 judgments from the past decade by litigation analytics company Solomonic, reveals that Queens's Counsel win 55% of cases where they are opposed by a non-QC counsel in litigation cases.

The Court of Appeal has delivered a positive costs judgment for personal injury solicitors in small value cases.

In Anthony Mitchell (Executor of the estate of Kenneth Morris) v Burton [2021] EWCA Civ 1005, solicitors for Mr Morris (deceased) notified the road accident claim in the MOJ portal. No admission of liability was made and soon afterwards Mr Morris died of an unrelated cause.

The pilot scheme for the new N260B Statement of Costs form is to be extended. It was originally planned to run until 31 March 2021 but has been extended by a year during which time the consultation on Practice Direction 51X will continue.