The Future of the Civil Procedure Rules

Lord Clarke offered some thoughts on the future of the Civil Procedure Rules, including: the implications of Lord Justice Jackson’s Review of Civil Litigation Costs, the importance of case management; and alternative dispute resolution.

“It seems to me that the framework provided by the Woolf Reforms and the commitment to proportionate justice which they articulated and the CPR and its overriding objective embody, provide us with the best available means to shape civil justice so that effective access to justice is, in the coming years, available to all.”