Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Preliminary Report

Author:

Lord Justice Jackson (Judicial Communications Office)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

In January 2009 the then Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, appointed Lord Justice Jackson to lead a fundamental review of the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation and to make recommendations in order to promote access to justice at proportionate costs.

Sir Rupert's preliminary report, published in May 2009, is the product of fact-finding, research and investigations over a four-month period and serves to establish:

• How present costs rules operate and how they impact on the behaviour of both parties and lawyers.

• The effect case management procedures have on costs and whether changes in process could bring about more proportionate costs.

• A comparison for the costs regime for England and Wales with those operating in other jurisdictions.

The preliminary report is supplied in two print volumes and a CD-ROM, which contains 30 Appendices.

Key Contents

Volume 1:

• Introduction to The Civil Justice Costs Review

• Research, consultation and investigations re. costs

• The funding of civil litigation

• Fixed costs

• Personal injuries litigation.

Volume 2:

• Controlling the costs of litigation

• The assessment of costs

• Review of cost regimes in other jurisdictions

• Conclusion.

CD-ROM (Appendices):

• District Judges' Survey

• Circuit Judges' Survey

• Queen's Bench Judges' Survey

• Supreme Court Costs Office Exercise

• Table supplied by claimant personal injury solicitors summarising cases completed May-Dec 2008

• Plus 25 other appendices.

'The Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Final Report' is also available to order, either separately or as part of a pack with the Preliminary Report (see below).

Extent	2 volumes	ISBN	9780117064034
Size	A4	Price	£120.00
Binding	Paperback	Published	14 Jan 2010
Availability	In Stock: 1 - 2 days	Delivery	Delivery options and charges

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