Andrew Parker

The legal profession needs to wake up and smell the coffee, warns Andrew Parker

Part 2: take 2. Andrew Parker reflects on where we are with civil costs reform

Andrew Parker believes that courts need to take a tougher line with statements of truth

Jackson: the case for reform remains strong...

Public, not vested, interests lie at the heart of Jackson LJ’s final report,says Andrew Parker

In the few weeks since publication of Sir Rupert Jackson’s final report last month, the most talked about of his recommendations has been the proposal to abolish the ability to recover success fees and after the event (ATE) insurance premiums from the losing party. The reactions have ranged from outraged cries that access to justice will be stifled, through a broad welcome from those who have to pay them now, to the ostrich-like assumption that the primary legislation needed will never happen.

Fourteen years ago Lord Woolf advocated a fast track for low value claims. Inherent in his proposals was the idea of a matrix of fixed costs for all claims within the track limits.