Marketing Costs For Personal Injury Claims

In December 2008, the Advisory Committee on Civil Costs (ACCC) proposed new Guideline Hourly Rates (GHRs) to aid judges in carrying out summary cost assessments (Nickell 2008). Noting that rates charged by personal injury (PI) claimants’ solicitors were around the GHR, while those charged by PI defendants’ solicitors were 20–35% lower, the proposed GHR rates broadly reflect the 2007 levels inflated by the ONS Average Earnings Index (around 8%).