“British citizens living abroad are to be barred from claiming legal aid in England and Wales as part of a cost-cutting crackdown unveiled by the Government today.”
The Independent, 3rd February 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“‘Access to Justice entails that those with meritorious claims (whether or not ultimately successful) are able to bring those claims before the courts for judicial resolution or post-issue settlement, as the case may be. It also entails that those with meritorious defences (whether or not ultimately successful) are able to put those defences before the courts for judicial resolution or alternatively, settlement based upon the merits of the case.’”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st February 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“As the profession awaits Jackson LJ’s civil justice costs review, the cases set to shape this year’s litigation get underway.”
The Lawyer, 10th January 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/speeches/2009/speech-lord-neuberger-26102009
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Butterworths’ Financial Institutions Litigation Conference, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk</a
“The Lord Chief Justice has warned of ‘mayhem’ if people involved in disputes are priced out of the civil court system because legal aid is not available.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Access to justice: hope springs eternal (PDF)
Speech by Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Master of the Rolls
The Mary Ward Legal Advice Centre Annual Lecture, 15th July 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Ten years ago I took on the task of looking at how we could reform our slow and costly civil justice system. The resulting proposals were enshrined in new civil procedure rules (CPR). They were intended to transform, and I believe did transform, the legal system. The object was to create a new way of conducting civil litigation in England and Wales.”
The Times, 11th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The changes made ten years ago have been a disaster for the civil justice system and need a radical rethink.”
The Times, 9th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Woolf Reforms: A singular event or an ongoing process?
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
British Academy, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
A UK Perspective on EU Civil Justice – Impact on Domestic Dispute Resolution (pdf)
Speech by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls.
EU Civil Justice Day Conference, 25th October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The first part of this paper reviews and makes proposals on the case management track limits for civil claims found in Part 26.6 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The second part considers how the claims process for personal injury cases could be streamlined to become more efficient and cost effective.”
Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims CP 8/07, 20th April 2007
Source: www.dca.gov.uk
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