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What does 2025 hold for us?

10 January 2025 / David Greene
Issue: 8099 / Categories: Opinion , Profession , Litigation funding , Collective action
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David Greene anticipates attempts to make the litigation process more efficient and less costly…and make or break for litigation funding

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) and its chair, Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, often give us some idea of what the future holds, at least on civil procedure. The CJC held its annual public shindig in mid-November and the subjects covered included artificial intelligence (AI) in litigation, data inequality, and litigation funding—all clearly subjects of note for 2025.

Vos has been at the forefront of the law’s interactions with IT and generative AI both as chair of the CJC and in the Court of Appeal. Indeed, the speed with which the courts and the common law have dealt with developments, including in relation to cryptoassets, has been a selling point for the jurisdiction. How firms and the courts deal with generative AI will, no doubt, be the mark of 2025 and beyond.

One thing the Post Office scandal taught us is the danger of data inequality: that data can

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