Fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims

This consultation proposes a new scheme to enable claimants and defendants to achieve faster resolution of ‘lower value’ clinical negligence claims (claims valued up to and including £25,000) at a lower, more proportionate cost than under the current system.

This includes:

• a new streamlined process for claims
• limits to the amount of legal costs that can be recovered by claimant lawyers for lower value clinical negligence claims

The proposals would only affect the amount of legal costs that claimant lawyers can recover following a successful claim, not the compensation that a claimant could receive.