The Woolf Reforms
The Woolf Reforms are named after Lord Woolf, who had the task of changing the civil law system in England and Wales. This resulted in the government introducing new rules for County Court and High Court. These new rules are known as Civil Procedure rules and came into force on 26th April 1999.
The Woolf Reforms emphasise on settling a case before it gets to court. It has:
• Strict timetables • Pre action protocols, which are the steps to be taken before starting a court action • Called for courts to have computers and new technology • Extension of conditional fees to cover wider areas of the law.
The aim of the Woolf Reforms was to speed up the process by which people obtain compensation through civil courts and make justice more accessible via management of costs.
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