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Clinical negligence litigation - a battleground in the making
Posted by Deborah Burke on 11th Jun, 2010
Lord Justice Jackson sets out his two objectives in relation to this area of litigation as being to ensure that victims or clinical negligence have access to justice and that this huge area of...
Guideline hourly rates - we're in for a bumpy ride
Posted by Deborah Burke on 8th Jun, 2010
Most of chapter 44 of the Jackson report relates to the subject matter of the heading – summary assessment. However, rather curiously to my mind, the chapter also deals with guideline hourly...
Summary assessment - a big thumbs up
Posted by Deborah Burke on 4th Jun, 2010
Yesterday I wrote about the proposed changes to the detailed assessment process. Of course Lord Justice Jackson has also had a good look at the existing procedure for summary assessment...
Detailed assessment - will it become a thing of the past?
Posted by Deborah Burke on 3rd Jun, 2010
In my entry last Friday I looked at Lord Justice Jackson's proposals for establishing a Costs Council. Lord Justice Jackson envisages the cost of the Costs Council being met from various...
New Costs Council to be established
Posted by Deborah Burke on 1st Jun, 2010
Lord Justice Jackson is recommending that the Advisory Committee on Civil Costs should be disbanded and a Costs Council established. This step was proposed as long ago as August 2005 when it was...