Costs

Has a reduced appetite for risk among investors following the recession, combined with proposals for restrictions on the activities of litigation funders supported by Lord Justice Jackson, sounded the death knell for third party funding of large scale commercial litigation in the UK?

If the controversial recommendations in Lord Jackson's recent report are adopted then lawyers in England and Wales will for the first time be able to take a slice of their client's damages.

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

Virginia Rylatt considers the lessons learnt from Mastercigars v Withers LLP

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.

David Locke believes a new ADR protocol could resuscitate the Jackson proposals

The civil justice system needs a champion in government

Pro bono costs orders: levelling the playing field? By George Gordon

A central theme of the Jackson Report is that making costs proportionate to damages under the CPR has not been achieved in practice and that major rule changes are needed.

If a 584-page report can be distilled into one basic question it is this: who should meet the cost of funding personal injury litigation?