As the government goes full steam ahead with Jackson, Simon Gibbs brings us up to speed on the current case law ahead of wholesale civil justice reform
When Ken Clarke unveiled his widely anticipated plans to reform no win, no fee arrangements last Tuesday, nobody expected that he would also put forward another set of proposals for the reform of the civil justice system as a whole. In the maelstrom that engulfed the personal injury world later that day, one issue was remarkably absent...
The Supreme Court's decision to abolish experts' immunity from suit has left witnesses open to negligence claims, but to what extent will things really change? Danielle Best examines the implications, and Martin Spencer QC advises on what experts should do next
