I’ve updated Legal Costs Central with a link to the new Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment No.2) Order 2013 which gives the new court fees for provisional assessment.
Oh. Wait. No it doesn’t. The fees for requesting a provisional assessment (average court time taken up of 37 minutes during the pilot scheme) are the same as those for requesting a full detailed assessment hearing with one day time estimate.
What a swizz.
For a £55k bill that’s nearly £1600 an hour. Fat Cat Courts anyone?