About us

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) is an independent public body, funded by the Ministry of Justice. Since 1 October 2010 it has been sponsored by the Judicial Office; the body of civil servants set up to support the Judiciary following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. This is why the CJC website now appears on the Advisory Bodies section of the Judicial Office website.

• 17 May 2012
  Expressions of interest CJC Judicial Member (PDF 57.5kb)
• 9 May 2012
  Craig Budsworth was appointed on 16th April 2012 to the Civil Justice Council for a three year term
• 16 April 2012
  News release: Contingency Fees
• 7 February 2012
  CJC response to MOJ consultation Fees in the High Court and Court of Appeal Civil Division (PDF 43.3kb)
• 15 December 2011
  CJC Publish outcome of Technical Aspects of Jackson Implementation Experts Workshop on 31st October 2011
• 23 November 2011
  CJC Publish Code of Conduct for Litigation Funders
• 11 November 2011
  CJC Publish Report on Access to Justice for Litigants in Person (or self represented litigants)
• 31 October 2011
  CJC News Release: Experts Discuss Civil Costs (PDF 10.7kb)

The CJC is an Advisory Public Body which was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 with responsibility for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system.

We meet at least three times a year to discuss and agree formal responses to consultation papers. We provide advice to the Lord Chancellor, the Judiciary and Civil Procedure Rule Committee on the effectiveness of aspects of the civil justice system, and make recommendations to test, review or conduct research into specific areas.