There are 219 distinct proposals made in Sir Rupert Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs. Now what happens? Those who want nothing to change should look away now.
Whither Jackson post the election? Dominic Regan shares his predictions
There are 219 distinct proposals made in Sir Rupert Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs. Now what happens? Those who want nothing to change should look away now.
In the run-up to the election Dominic Grieve QC, the new attorney general, said his party was committed to major reform of legal costs. The conservatives are interested in the ideas of Sir Rupert, but not necessarily committed to them. Further consultation will take place on implementation. It is their desire to move quite quickly. There you have it. Major and prompt reform is still going to occur. All this in the week that The Guardian reported that London solicitors who acted for claimants 3,000 miles away in Africa had presented a bill for £105m, the cost of recovering damages of £30m. The success fee claimed of
