Costs

In July 2024, the CJC approved a working group to consider the outstanding recommendations made by the May 2023 Civil Justice Council (CJC) Costs Review.

You can read the Final Report of the 2023 Cost Review online.

Membership List

  1. Mr Justice Robert Miles (Chair).
  2. Master Simon Brown (Costs Judge).
  3. Nicola Critchley (CJC Member).
  4. Alexander Hutton (Barrister with Costs Experience).
  5. Nick Bacon KC (Bar Council Representative).
  6. John McQuater (Law Society Representative).
  7. Neil Rickman (Academic).
  8. Paul Fenn (Academic).

The Working Group are seeking a consumer representative. If you are interested in supporting this work, please contact cjc@judiciary.uk

Terms of Reference

The Working Group will focus on the issue of guidelines relating to Counsel’s fees, and a new top rate for complex commercial work.

As cost guidelines are issued by the Master of the Rolls (MR), the Working Group will produce recommendations to the MR in the form of a report. Once this first phase is complete, it is suggested that there is a review to consider how to progress the outstanding recommendations, including the mechanism to be used when carrying out a detailed review of GHRs. Membership of the Working Group may also be reviewed at this point.