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NLJ this week: Jackson ten years later: what worked & what didn’t?

12 May 2023
Issue: 8024 / Categories: Legal News , Costs , CPR , Procedure & practice
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Ten years ago, Sir Rupert Jackson’s civil costs review was a seismic event. How well have the ground-breaking reforms fared since? NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan takes a look at the Jackson legacy.

From budgeting to the end of recoverability to the impending extension of fixed costs (due to take place on 1 October 2023), the reforms have been accompanied by ‘teething problems’ and setbacks as well as big successes. Regan, of City Law School, identifies some highs and lows from the speeding up of dispute resolution timescales to the rise of Check My Legal Fees.

Regan, who acted as an adviser to Sir Rupert on the review, notes that ‘some wise reforms appear to have been ignored’ and asserts there is still ‘plenty of work to do’. 

Read Regan's reflections on the ground-breaking reforms here.

Issue: 8024 / Categories: Legal News , Costs , CPR , Procedure & practice
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