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Mr Platt-Higgins, you speak as a claimant cost draftsman. The majority of these cases are neither complex nor involve significant disputes. It is the proliferation of Claimant lawyers, suddenly switching RTA fee earners to Clin Neg work, boosting their claimed exp and inflating rates just because their costs clerk has told them they will get this by on assessment.
The real shame of it, is that the draftsmen employed by the NHSLA fail to drive such claims down significantly - their reported percentage reductions are shockingly bad and point to a failure to assess these claims properly, and a willingness to do deals based on perceived savings