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Jackson reforms – a complete guide
Monday, 22 October 2018Sir Anthony (now Lord) Clarke, the then Master of the Rolls, commissioned Lord Justice Jackson to undertake a “fundamental review” of the costs of civil litigation in November 2008.
Under the terms of reference set by Sir Anthony, Jackson LJ was asked “to carry out an independent review of the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation and to make recommendations in order to promote access to justice at proportionate cost”.
Tags: costs, Jackson reforms
Posted in Features
IPs hit back at Jackson: ending LASPO exemption would create ‘windfall’ for third-party funders
Thursday, 29 October 2015Abolishing the exemption from LASPO for insolvency cases would create a “windfall” for third party funders, insolvency trade body R3 has argued. R3 was responding to Lord Justice Jackson, who called the exemption an “instrument of oppression”.
Tags: insolvency, Jackson reforms, LASPO
Posted in Jackson reforms, News
Coulson J lays down the post-Jackson law on late amendments
Monday, 1 June 2015Mr Justice Coulson has taken advantage of a complex commercial property dispute to set out rules for the “right approach” to late amendments, warning that “proportionality is vital”.
Tags: Jackson reforms, late amendments, overriding objective, proportionality
Posted in Jackson reforms, News
Neuberger: lack of fixed costs for all fast-track cases “more than disappointing”
Wednesday, 28 January 2015Lord Neuberger, the president of the Supreme Court, has said it is “more than disappointing” that over four years after government backing for the Jackson reforms “we still do not have fixed costs for all fast track cases”.
Tags: fixed costs, Jackson reforms, Lord Neuberger, proportionate costs
Posted in Costs, Jackson reforms, News
Budgeting has “forced costs up”, LSLA says
Friday, 12 December 2014Budgeting has “forced costs up and will continue to do so”, John Bramhall, president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, has said. His comments came as 85% of litigators predicted that post-Jackson budgeting would increase costs.
Tags: ATE insurance, CFA, conditional fee agreements, costs budgeting, damages-based agreements, DBA, Jackson reforms
Posted in ATE/CFA, Jackson reforms, News
Master Gordon-Saker condemns lack of costs training for judges
Thursday, 2 October 2014Master Gordon-Saker, who replaced Peter Hurst as Senior Costs Judge yesterday, has used his first public speech in the role to launch a strongly-worded attack on the lack of training for judges in costs budgeting.
Tags: Commercial Litigation Association, costs budgeting, Jackson reforms, Senior Costs Judge
Posted in ATE/CFA, Costs, Jackson reforms, News
Burford CEO: Jackson reforms contribute to big increase in profits
Monday, 8 September 2014The Jackson reforms are part of the reason for an increase of 89% in Burford Capital’s half-year profits, the global litigation funder’s chief executive said last week.
Tags: Burford Capital, Jackson reforms, Litigation Funding, Vannin Capital
Posted in ATE/CFA, Jackson reforms, News, Third party
QOCS survives “ultra vires” challenge
Monday, 4 August 2014The Court of Appeal has ruled that qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) is not “ultra vires”, rejecting arguments put forward by a holiday company.
Tags: Jackson reforms, personal injury, QOCS
Posted in Jackson reforms, News, Third party
Provisional assessment “hasn’t happened”, says SCCO master
Thursday, 17 July 2014The new provisional assessment regime for cases with costs of up of £75,000 “just hasn’t happened”, a senior costs judge has said. Master Haworth also outlined some of the problems he has seen with costs budgeting.
Tags: costs, Jackson reforms, personal injury, provisional assessment, Senior Court Costs Office
Posted in Costs, Jackson reforms, News
Will Court of Appeal triple-header lead to ‘Mitchell-lite’?
Thursday, 19 June 2014A barrister who has led the way in analysing the impact of the Mitchell case has predicted that this week’s hearing of three ‘trivial breach’ cases at the Court of Appeal could pave the way for ‘Mitchell-lite’.
Tags: Jackson reforms, Mitchell, relief from sanctions
Posted in Jackson reforms, News