Articles by DAVID GREENE

The referral fee conundrum

Referral fees have always been a contentious subject for all those involved in the provision of legal services.

A champion for justice

The civil justice system needs a champion in government

The litigation end game

Voting fiasco may give rise to increase in election litigation

Politics & Jackson

The ink is hardly dry on the Jackson Report on the civil costs regime and the government is already moving swiftly on one of the recommendations.

Countdown to Jackson

There is much speculation—and perhaps in some quarters trepidation—about the impending report of Jackson LJ on the costs of civil procedure.

The funding fallacy

The letter recently sent by Lord Justice Leveson, the senior presiding judge for England and Wales, to 2,000 judges and 28,000 magistrates warning of the cost consequences of a shortfall in income for the courts, highlights once again the funding fallacy that lies at the heart of the problems the civil courts face.

A matter of perception

A recent headline-grabbing report entitled Directors in the Dock—Is Business Facing a Liability Crisis? prepared by Lloyds of London, builds itself around the model that the development of a compensation culture in the UK is generating a perception of an increased litigation risk with the result that corporate resources are diverted from the general commercial purpose of the company to the litigation process both avoiding it and participating in it.

Class action

Is the EU ready to adopt US-style class actions? David Greene thinks not