Sir Rupert Jackson’s proposal last month for a fixed costs regime for claims worth up to £250,000 has not gone down well across the the profession.
Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan reports that silks, small practices, City firms and defendants share the view that the proposed reform would lead to an immense injustice. Regan says that everyone he has spoken to about the all-embracing fixed costs regime was united against them and unconvinced that implementation was possible this year.
Regan adds that it would be “tragic if the Jackson legacy were to be sullied by measures that alienated everyone”. See comment
