Dominic Regan predicts the shape of things to come
Six months and counting. The Jackson reforms kick in next April. There is no going back. It is not long to go. The details are now falling into place and the aim of this note is to bring the reader up-to-date with the final shape of things to come. Not all of Sir Rupert’s ideas are being implemented.
Rupert’s successes
Sir Rupert has got his way with the ending of recoverability of success fees and after-the-event insurance premiums. A modest and temporary exception has been made for mesothelioma claims. Where funding arrangements are entered into on or after 1 April next year the other side will not be touched by additional liabilities. The conditional fee agreement will still exist but will be a private matter as between solicitor and own client.
Jackson was keen to see the client have a financial stake in their claim. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 permits the solicitor to look to his
