Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780101804127
Government response to the Consultation paper (Cm. 7947, 9780101804127) seeking views on proposals for implementing Sir Rupert Jackson's recommendations in the "Review of civil litigation costs: final report" (2010, ISBN 9780117064041). Dated March 2011
Author : Great Britain. Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 26,24 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780117064034
In January 2009, 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. This report intends to establish how the costs rules operate and how they impact on the behavior of both parties and lawyers.
Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780101794725
In Lord Justice (Sir Rupert) Jackson's report, ’Review of Civil Litigation Costs: Final Report', (ISBN 9780117064041, January 2010 109 recommendations are put forward to promote access to justice at proportionate costs. This consultation sets out the proposals that the Government is taking forward as a priority. These include Sir Rupert's package of proposals on the reform of conditional fee agreements (CFAs) and on damages-based agreements (DBAs or ’contingency fees'). Sir Rupert also puts forward two alternative packages of recommendations should the primary recommendations not be implemented. These packages would introduce more rigorous control over the level of success fees and ATE insurance premiums that can be recovered from the losing side. The Government considers that the radical reform proposed in Sir Rupert's primary recommendation is needed, but these alternative measures are included in this consultation so that those responding can consider other options. This consultation also covers three other proposals from Sir Rupert's report. The first is to ensure proportionality of total costs. The second is allowing lawyers to enter into damages-based agreements (DBAs) with their clients in litigation before the courts. The use of these agreements is currently not permitted in litigation. However, the Government agrees with Sir Rupert that allowing DBAs would give litigants greater choice in deciding the most appropriate funding method for their case, and could increase access to justice for claimants if CFAs become less attractive. The third concerns increasing the hourly rate recoverable by a successful litigant in person.
Author : Christopher Hodges
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 1509962492
How do we cooperate – in social, local, business, and state communities? This book proposes an Outcome-Based Cooperative Model, in which all stakeholders work together on the basis of trust and respect to achieve shared aims and outcomes. The Outcome-Based Cooperative Model is built up from an extensive analysis of behavioural and social psychology, genetic anthropology, research into behaviour and culture in societies, organisations, regulation, and enforcement. The starting point is acceptance that humanity is facing ever larger risks, which are now systemic and even existential. To overcome the challenges, humans need to cooperate more, rather than compete, alienate, or draw apart. Answering how we do that requires basing ourselves, our institutions, and systems on relationships that are built on trust. Trust is based on evidence that we can be trusted to behave well (ethically), built up over time. We should aim to agree common goals and outcomes, moderating those that conflict, produce evidence that we can be trusted, and examine our performance in achieving the right outcomes, rather than harmful ones. The implications are that we need to do more in rebasing our relationships in local groupings, business organisations, regulation, and dispute resolution. The book examines recent systems and developments in all these areas, and makes proposals of profound importance for reform. This is a new blueprint for liberty, solidarity, performance, and achievement.
Author : Great Britain
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,93 MB
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780105610120
These notes refer to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c.10) (ISBN 9780105410126) which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012
Author : TT Arvind
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 1782250549
The study of the law of tort is generally preoccupied by case law, while the fundamental impact of legislation is often overlooked. At a jurisprudential level there is an unspoken view that legislation is generally piecemeal and at best self-contained and specific; at worst dependent on the whim of political views at a particular time. With a different starting point, this volume seeks to test such notions, illustrating, among other things, the widespread and lasting influence of legislation on the shape and principles of the law of tort; the variety of forms of legislation and the complex nature of political and policy concerns that may lie behind their enactment; the sometimes unexpected consequences of statutory reform; and the integration not only of statutory rules but also of legislative policy into the operation of tort law today. The apparently sharp distinction between judicially created private law principles, and democratically enacted legislative rules and policies, is therefore questioned, and it is argued that to describe the principles of the law of tort without referring to statute is potentially highly misleading. This book shows that legislation is important not only because of the way it varies or replaces case law, but because it also deeply influences the intrinsic character of that law, providing some of its most familiar characteristics. The book provides the first extended interpretation of legislative intervention in the law of tort. Each of the chapters, by leading tort scholars, deals with an aspect of the influence of legislation on the law of tort. While the nature, sources and extent of legislative influence in personal injury law is an essential feature of the collection, other significant areas of tort law are explored, including tort in the context of commercial law, labour law, regulation and the welfare state. Essays on the Compensation Act 2006 and Human Rights Act 1998 bring the current state of the interplay between tort, politics and legislation to the forefront. In all of these contexts, contributors explore the deeper lessons that can be learned about the nature of the law of tort and its changing role and functions over time. Cited with approval in the Singapore Court of Appeal by VK Rajah JA in See Toh Siew Kee vs Ho Ah Lam Ferrocement (Pte) Ltd and others, [2013] SGCA 29
Author : Susan Blake
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199644985
A Practical Approach to Alternative Dispute Resolution will appeal to law students and practitioners looking for a book that deals with the full range of ADR processes. This comprehensive book covers the core topics on the dispute resolution module for the BPTC. Its practical focus highlights the key processes and procedures for each topic.
Author : Christopher Hodges
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 1509916911
This book reviews the techniques, mechanisms and architectures of the way disputes are processed in England and Wales. Adopting a comparative approach, it evaluates the current state of the main different types of dispute resolution systems, including business, consumer, personal injury, family, property, employment and claims against the state. It provides a holistic overview of the whole system and suggests both systemic and detailed reforms. Examining dispute resolution pathways from users' perspectives, the book highlights options such as ombudsmen, regulators, tribunals and courts as well as mediation and other ADR and ODR approaches. It maps numerous sectoral developments to see if learning might be spread to other sectors. Several recurrent themes arise, including the diversification in the use of techniques; adoption of digital, online and artificial technology; cost and funding constraints; the emergence of new intermediaries; the need to focus accessibility arrangements for people and businesses that need help with their problems; and identifying effective ways for achieving behavioural change. This timely study analyses the shift from adversarial legalism to softer means of resolving social problems, and points to a major opportunity to devise an imaginative and holistic strategic vision for the jurisdiction. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's International Arbitration online service.
Author : Andrew Burrows
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1663 pages
File Size : 19,27 MB
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 0191637874
Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world. The book acts as an accessible first point of reference for practitioners approaching a private law issue for the first time, whilst simultaneously providing a lucid, concise and authoritative overview of all the key areas of private law. This includes contract, tort, unjust enrichment, land law, trusts, intellectual property, succession, family, companies, insolvency, private international law and civil procedure. Each section is written by an acknowledged expert, using their experience and understanding to provide a clear distillation and analysis of the subject. This new edition includes all the recent developments since the publication of the second edition in 2007. It covers some areas that were previously not addressed including arbitration in civil procedure, the Human Rights Act 1998 in tort law, and regulatory reform in the light of the global financial crisis. No other single text provides such comprehensive and lucid coverage of the whole of English private law as this one. It has come to be regarded as an essential item for every law library, reflecting its appeal to both English practitioners and those working in other jurisdictions. At the same time the book's depth of analysis, combined with its ease of reference, make it a favourite among academics and students worldwide.
Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780101804523
This consultation paper sets out proposals to reform the civil justice system in the courts in England and Wales. The proposals relate particularly to claims proceedings in the county court, which is where the bulk of civil claims are dealt with, but are part of a wider package of reform. The proposals are based on the principles of proportionality, personal responsibility, streamlined procedures and transparency. The main chapters in the paper are: preventing cost escalation; alternative dispute resolution; debt recovery and enforcement; structural reforms; impact assessments and next steps. A range of options are suggested, including: a simplified claims procedure on a fixed cost basis; a dispute management process; increasing the upper jurisdiction threshold for small claims; requiring all cases below the small claims limit to have attempted settlement by mediation; mediation information/assessment sessions for claims above the small claims limit; greater use of online services; a simpler and more effective enforcement regime; implementing reforms on enforcement already approved by Parliament; streamlining and efficiency reforms to the Third Party Debt Order and Charging Order processes; introducing jurisdictional changes in the civil courts, including a single county court jurisdiction for England and Wales. Improved information services will describe the full range of civil dispute resolution options available to the public - mediation, use of Ombudsmen, industry arbitration schemes, use of statutory regulators - demystify the court process, and provide advance warning on the time and costs involved in pursuing a path of litigation.
