Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action has been taken in response to the Lord Justice Jackson review on fixed recoverable costs.

The Government is committed to ensuring that the costs of litigation are proportionate. As part of this, we are considering Lord Justice Jackson’s report on extending fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in civil cases, published on 31 July 2017. We are grateful to Lord Justice Jackson for his expertise and industry in compiling his report.

We announced at the Public Accounts Committee hearing on 16 October 2017 that we have already accepted his recommendation to commission the Civil Justice Council to devise a bespoke process and set of FRC for clinical negligence cases up to £25k damages.

We will set out the way forward on the rest of the recommendations shortly.

We will consult before implementing any changes.