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Civil way: 19 September 2025

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19 September 2025 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8131 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Specials interest down; LPAs to cost more; canapes in Supreme Court; £24ph for LiPs

LAWBITES

Interest jerk The Bank of England base rate does not change without movement of the Court Funds Office’s (CFO) special account rate. That makes life tough for the sucker you charge with the job of calculating interest on personal injury specials. The latest base rate change means that as from 20 August 2025 the special account rate has dropped from 4.25% to 4.00%. The CFO basic rate was also down from 3.19% to 3.00%. If the sucker is not up to the job, see ‘Civil way’, NLJ, 17 January 2025, p15.

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