Thrown to the Woolf
Langdon-Down, G.
Thrown to the Woolf - 2004 - Law Society's Gazette (101/25) 24 June 2004, 18-20(3) .
Examines the effect of the Woolf reforms five years after their introduction. Notes that there has been a dramatic change in the extent of civil cases and a huge reduction in the number of these cases being litigated. It is not known at the moment if this drop represents the desirable consequences of Woolf or is due to the removal of legal aid and the inability to persuade solicitors to take on work on a conditional fee basis. Points out that the Department for Constitutional Affairs is taking a fresh look at which matters should be in court and which should be resolved without the trial process. Another area to be examined is the role of the expert witness whose reliability and evidence has recently come under scrutiny.
WOOLF REPORT
CIVIL CASES
EXPERT WITNESSES
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Thrown to the Woolf - 2004 - Law Society's Gazette (101/25) 24 June 2004, 18-20(3) .
Examines the effect of the Woolf reforms five years after their introduction. Notes that there has been a dramatic change in the extent of civil cases and a huge reduction in the number of these cases being litigated. It is not known at the moment if this drop represents the desirable consequences of Woolf or is due to the removal of legal aid and the inability to persuade solicitors to take on work on a conditional fee basis. Points out that the Department for Constitutional Affairs is taking a fresh look at which matters should be in court and which should be resolved without the trial process. Another area to be examined is the role of the expert witness whose reliability and evidence has recently come under scrutiny.
WOOLF REPORT
CIVIL CASES
EXPERT WITNESSES
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION