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Terms of Reference

In conducting the review Lord Justice Jackson will:

• Establish how present costs rules operate and how they impact on the behaviour of both parties and lawyers.
• Establish the effect case management procedures have on costs and consider whether changes in process and/or procedure could bring about more proportionate costs.
• Have regard to previous and current research into costs and funding issues; for example any further Government research into Conditional Fee Agreements - ‘No win, No fee’, following the scoping study.
• Seek the views of judges, practitioners, Government, court users and other interested parties through both informal consultation and a series of public seminars.
• Compare the costs regime for England and Wales with those operating in other jurisdictions.
• Prepare a report setting out recommendations with supporting evidence by 31 December 2009.