Review of Civil Litigation costs
Lord Justice Jackson appointed to lead a fundamental review of the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation and to make recommendations.
Lord Justice Jackson will shortly be undergoing an operation for cancer. For the time being his role in relation to implementing the Costs Review Final Report will be reduced and he will not undertake speaking engagements. It is confidently expected that he will return to full time work by October.
The other members of the Judicial Steering Group will ensure that the implementation programme proceeds smoothly.
Lord Justice Jackson published his final report of his fundamental review of the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation in January 2010. The report’s recommendations are now in implementation stage, with more information available below.
In November 2008 the then Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, appointed Lord Justice Jackson to lead a fundamental review of the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation and to make recommendations in order to promote access to justice at proportionate cost.
The final report was published in January 2010 (see ‘reports’ below), and the recommendations are being taken forward in a variety of ways. A number of measures required primary legislation, and some of the major reforms are in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill currently before Parliament. Other reforms will be implemented through rule or policy changes.
Consultation responsesThis section contains various judicial responses to Government and other bodies’ consultation papers on Costs Review topics, with links to the consultation papers.
Government and ParliamentWeb links to official Government reports and consultation papers relating to the Costs Review, and any Bills before Parliament with a Costs Review component.
Judical pilotsGeneral progress reports and any pilot evaluations or other material stemming from the pilots.
ReportsThis section includes the Final Report of the Costs Review and also the two volume Preliminary Report prepared by Jackson LJ. Other reports relating to the Costs Review can also be found in this section.
Media releasesJudicial Office news releases relating to the Costs Review.
LecturesLord Justice Jackson and other senior judges are delivering a series of lectures on different aspects of how the Review is to be implemented. This section includes these.
