Former Lord Chief cautions against regulation of litigation funding – Legal Futures

Posted March 15th, 2024 in bills, civil justice, Civil Justice Council, news, third parties by sally

‘Regulation may not be answer for the future of the third-party litigation funding market, a former Lord Chief Justice has cautioned ahead of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) review of the sector.’

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Legal Futures, 15th March 2023

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CJC presses ahead with radical reform plans for pre-action protocols – Legal Futures

‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has made only minor changes to proposals for radical reform of pre-action protocols (PAPs) in the first part of a final report on the issue.’

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Legal Futures, 23rd August 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, reflects on 25 years of the Civil Justice Council – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted March 21st, 2023 in Civil Justice Council, civil procedure rules, news by tracey

‘Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, reflects on 25 years of the Civil Justice Council.’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 20th March 2023

Source: www.judiciary.uk

Compulsory ADR needed for smallest claims, says CJC – Legal Futures

Posted February 1st, 2022 in civil justice, Civil Justice Council, dispute resolution, news, small claims by sally

‘Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) should be compulsory for claims worth less than £500, the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has said.’

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Legal Futures, 1st February 2022

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Ministry of Justice to press ahead with fixed costs expansion – Legal Futures

‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) yesterday confirmed that it will implement Sir Rupert Jackson’s blueprint for fixed recoverable costs (FRC) across the fast-track and in most money cases worth up to £100,000.’

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Legal Futures, 7th September 2021

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High Court uses new guideline rates ahead of formal introduction – Legal Futures

Posted August 24th, 2021 in civil justice, Civil Justice Council, costs, fees, news, solicitors by sally

‘The new guideline hourly rates (GHR) will not formally come into force until 1 October but the High Court yesterday took them into account when dealing with a summary assessment.’

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Legal Futures, 24th August 2021

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Commercial Court eyes future of remote hearings – Litigation Futures

Posted June 30th, 2020 in civil justice, Civil Justice Council, coronavirus, news, remote hearings by sally

‘The Commercial Court has been able to carry on largely as normal while operating remotely, with interlocutory hearings likely to stay that way for some time at least, it has emerged.’

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Litigation Futures, 26th June 2020

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CJC sets out rule changes to help vulnerable witnesses – Litigation Futures

‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has set out detailed changes it believes should be made to the Civil Procedure Rules to help vulnerable parties and witnesses, including an amended overriding objective.’

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Litigation Futures, 25th February 2020

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‘Passive’ civil courts urged to improve handling of vulnerable parties – Law Society’s Gazette

‘Rules should be updated, judicial training improved and court rooms rejigged to cater for parties with mental health conditions and other vulnerabilities in civil proceedings.’

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Law Society's Gazette, 5th September 2019

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CJC bids to strengthen appeal of ADR short of compulsion – Litigation Futures

Posted December 6th, 2018 in Civil Justice Council, dispute resolution, news, notification by sally

‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has called for a ‘notice to mediate’ system used in Canada to be considered as the first step towards a more “automatic” system of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).’

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Litigation Futures, 5th December 2018

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New report on Alternative Dispute Resolution – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted December 4th, 2018 in civil justice, Civil Justice Council, dispute resolution, reports by tracey

‘A working group of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published a report making recommendations for Alternative Dispute Resolution – ways of resolving certain disputes that don’t involve going to court.’

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Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 4th December 2018

Source: www.judiciary.gov

New hot-tubbing and ‘costs of costs management’ rules come into force – Litigation Futures

‘Variations that judges can adopt in orders for concurrent expert evidence – known as ‘hot-tubbing’ – came into force last week, along with a new provision that clarifies how the costs of costs management should be calculated.’

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Litigation Futures, 1st December 2017

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“ADR is failing” says Civil Justice Council but compulsion is not yet the answer – Litigation Futures

Posted October 19th, 2017 in arbitration, Civil Justice Council, dispute resolution, negligence, news, reports by tracey

‘The Woolf reforms have failed to embed alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a major report by the Civil Justice Council (CJC) said today, but it stopped short of calling for the introduction of compulsory ADR.’

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Litigation Futures, 17th October 2017

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Government accepts Jackson’s call for CJC to seek industry agreement on low-value clin neg claims – Litigation Futures

Posted October 17th, 2017 in Civil Justice Council, costs, health, negligence, news by tracey

‘The government has accepted Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendation that the Civil Justice Council (CJC) be tasked with negotiating a new bespoke process and fixed costs regime for low-value clinical negligence claims, it emerged yesterday.’

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Litigation Futures, 17th October 2017

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Civil Justice Council sets out streamlined procedure and fixed costs for deafness cases – Litigation Futures

Posted September 7th, 2017 in Civil Justice Council, costs, disabled persons, news, noise, reports by tracey

‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has recommended to government a streamlined procedure for handling fast-track noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) claims and a fixed-costs regime to go with it.’

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Litigation Futures, 6th September 2017

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Rule committee backs moves to increase take-up of expert ‘hot-tubbing’ – Litigation Futures

‘Expert witnesses giving concurrent evidence – or ‘hot-tubbing’ – should be the default position in the Mercantile Court and Technology and Construction Court (TCC), the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has suggested.’

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Litigation Futures, 4th April 2017

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CJC group urges government to consider online system for PI small claims – Legal Futures

Posted December 12th, 2016 in Civil Justice Council, courts, internet, news, personal injuries, small claims by sally

‘Personal injury (PI) claims that fall into an enlarged small claims track under government reforms should be dealt with online rather than in court, an expert Civil Justice Council (CJC) group has suggested to the Ministry of Justice.’

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Legal Futures, 9th December 2016

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CJC accuses government of “unprincipled” move over judicial review costs transparency – Litigation Futures

‘Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to require judicial review claimants to share details of how their action is being funded with the defendant and other parties is “a fundamentally unprincipled breach of the principle of equality of arms”, the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has claimed.’

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Litigation Futures, 21st September 2016

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CJC “conceptually” against new financial information rules for judicial review claimants – Litigation Futures

Posted September 29th, 2015 in Civil Justice Council, consultations, costs, disclosure, news by sally

‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has made it clear that it remains “conceptually” opposed to the new financial information rules for judicial review applicants, despite their passage into law in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.’

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Litigation Futures, 29th September 2015

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Is that the sound of change to NIHL claims? – Zenith PI Blog

Posted September 29th, 2015 in Civil Justice Council, costs, news, noise, personal injuries by sally

‘The Civil Justice Council has set up a working group, to be chaired by Andrew Parker of DAC Beachcroft, to advise the present government as to the handling of noise induced hearing loss claims. Membership of the working group will represent solicitors, claims managers, insurers, the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary.’

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Zenith PI Blog, 28th September 2015

Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com