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100			_aLangdon-Down, G.
245			_aThrown to the Woolf
260			_c2004
490			_aLaw Society's Gazette _v(101/25) 24 June 2004, 18-20(3)
520			_aExamines 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.
590			_aABS
590			_aABS
650			_aWOOLF REPORT
650			_aCIVIL CASES
650			_aEXPERT WITNESSES
650			_aALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
690			_aDISPUTE RESOLUTION _96236
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