Access to justice : a critical analysis of recoverable conditional fees and no-win no-fee funding
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Access to justice : a critical analysis of recoverable conditional fees and no-win no-fee funding
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book addresses an experiment in funding money damage claims in England from 2000 to 2013. The model - recoverable conditional fees - was unique and has remained so. It covers the development, amendment and effective abolition of the model, as well as the process of policy development and the motivation and objectives of the policy makers.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Development of Funding 3. The Theoretical Context 4. The Access to Justice Movement 5. Legal Aid, Conditional Fees and Labour 6. The Policy Process: Replacing Legal Aid by Recoverability 7. Where Did the Recoverability Policy Come From? 8. Economic Psychological Insights into the Process of Claiming and Agreeing Damages and Costs 9. The Cost War and its Casualties: Frogs and Temperature 10. Could it Have Been Different? An Alternative Evidence-Based Approach 11. A Suggested Approach 12. The Future of Funding: Jackson 13. Conclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Civil Justice Reform
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