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The Ministry of Justice has confirmed a two-year delay to the introduction of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in housing cases.
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023, SI 2023/105, made on 30 January 2023, were published on 2 February 2023. 
That the client should not be surprised by the bill is ‘the essence of costs law’, NLJ columnist, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School writes in his 'The insider' column this week.
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all: Dominic Regan covers shocks & surprises when the bill comes, & underlines the importance of following the rules
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that the interest rate has increased on the Court Funds Office (CFO) special and basic accounts. 
Solicitors do not always understand the difference between an estimate and a budget, but it’s an important distinction, writes Jack Ridgway, chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week’s NLJ.
While using estimates to prepare budgets may seem logical, in reality it is attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole: Jack Ridgway explains why
The extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime will be implemented in October 2023, under current government plans. 
The civil justice minister, Lord Bellamy KC, has announced at the Civil Justice Council National Forum that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to implement the extended fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime in October 2023. 
More than half of costs lawyers have said they hope the landmark decision in Belsner will trigger a review of the ‘outdated’ Solicitors Act 1974.
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