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“Essential” disbursements should be funded by the wrongdoer

“Essential” disbursements should be funded by the wrongdoer

Injured patients should not have to shoulder the costs of building their cases in the upcoming low-value fixed costs scheme, APIL has told the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The association has responded to a DHSC consultation on how disbursements will work in the new low-value fixed recoverable costs scheme for clinical negligence claims, which comes into effect in April.