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How effective were the 1999 Woolf reforms?
Title: How effective were the 1999 Woolf reforms?
Category: Law & Government
Details: Words: 1391 | Pages: 5.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
How effective were the 1999 Woolf reforms?
How effective were the 1999 Woolf reforms?
Pre-99 problems
Lord Woolf was appointed by the previous Conservative Government to carry out a far-reaching review of the civil justice system. In access to justice: final report (99), he stated that a civil justice system should:
· Be just in the results it delivers;
· Be fair in the way it treat litigants;
· Offer appropriate procedures at reasonable cost;
· Deal with cases with reasonable speed;
· Be understandable to those who use …showed first 75 words of 1391 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1391 total…the fixed cost did not reflect the extra cost, this would unjust to the lawyers and their clients.
There are long standing concerns with the small claims procedure, which have not been tackled by the 1999 reforms. Small claims are not necessary simple claims; they involve complex and unusual points of law. Is the small claimant entitled to be judged by the law of the land or by speedier, more rough and ready concepts of fairness?
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