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Jackson Cost Reforms: A Summary Of The Key Changes To Civil Litigation Costs

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Lord Justice Jackson’s cost reforms came into force on 1 April 2013. Though primarily aimed at personal injury litigation, the reforms will affect construction and engineering litigation.

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Lord Justice Jackson's cost reforms came into force on 1 April 2013. Though primarily aimed at personal injury litigation, the reforms will affect construction and engineering litigation. The reforms deal with how litigation is funded, how litigation is conducted and, more importantly, how costs are dealt with.

In this 20th issue of Insight we take a look at Lord Justice Jackson's cost reforms and provide you with a quick guide to the key reforms and their implications for the construction and engineering industry.

The Jackson cost reforms

Lord Justice Jackson's Civil Litigation Costs Report of January 2010 was the biggest review of civil procedure in England and Wales since Lord Woolf's Access to Justice Report in 1996. The Report made a number of important recommendations, which have resulted in signi cant changes to civil procedure. The legislation introducing these changes, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of O€ ender Act 2012, was passed in May

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