reforms

• In the Woolf report, what did Lord Woolf find that the civil court system was?

  • Slow
  • Expensive
  • Complicated
• After Lord Woolf's research, what recommendations for the civil court system were made and put into Civil Procedure Rules?

  • ADR is used (mediation, arbitration, negotiation).
  • Simplification of the system and procedures.
  • Brought in the three track system.
  • Encouraged judges to take responsibility for case managements (organising the order/timeliness of the proceedings).
• What were the 2 further reforms to the civil court system after the Woolf Report?

  • Financial limits to the tracks have increased.
  • Cases get dealt with in proportion to cost.
• What two reforms were suggested from Lord Briggs' further reform 2016?

  • Private mediation service in the county court.
  • The setting up of an online court.
• What was the financial limits to claims in the online court?

  Up to £25,000
• What were the recommendations of the online court?

  • Stage 1: Automated online process to identify the issue.
  • Stage 2: Conciliation and case management is carried out.
  • Stage 3: Resolution by a judge, documents on a screen, video/face to face meeting, etc.