Legal Update: What the Jackson reforms have - and haven't - changed
The Jackson report in December 2009 promised an interlocking package of reforms designed to control civil litigation costs and promote access to justice. They were implemented largely through the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act in 2013 and it's useful to look back at the effect of those reforms and what is left to tackle.
A ban on referral fees, an extension of the fixed cost regime coupled with a reduction in those costs, and an end to recoverability of after-the-event premiums and success fees from the losing party
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