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Court Heirarchy/Civil Courts - The Woolf Reforms (What was the current…
Court Heirarchy/Civil Courts - The Woolf Reforms
The Woolf Reforms
Lord Woolf report = 1996 'Access to Justice'
Interim Report stated that the system should be
just
fair
reasonable in cost
reasonable in speed
understandable
effective
resourced
organised
certain
What was the current system like?
unequal
expensive
slow
uncertain
complicated
Lord Woolf's recommendations
made 303 recommendations
including:
small claims track up to £3k
went to £5k
creation of fast track
creation of multi track
encouraging ADR
giving judges more responsibilities
time saving
simplifying procedures (e.g. questionnaires)
The Civil Procedure Rules
a uniform set of rules that govern both the County and High Court
as opposed to one singular court
gives the power of case management to the judges
encourage use of ADR