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Funding: Back to the future: costs reform
John Leadley, Nicola Gare and Charlotte Nolan discuss costs and litigation funding It is largely accepted by industry, practitioners, the judiciary and government that the introduction of the access to justice reforms in 1999 tipped the balance too far in favour of claimants. The long-awaited costs reforms brought about as a result of Lord Justice …
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