More civil justice? : the impact of the Woolf reforms on pre-action behaviour / Tamara Goriely, Richard Moorhead, Pamela Abrams ; commissioned by The Law Society and Civil Justice Council.

London : Law Society, 2002.

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Justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.

Civil procedure -- Great Britain.

Law reform -- Great Britain.

Section 1. Background: --1.1 Background --Section 2. Personal injury work: --2.1 Personal injury work: introduction --2.2 The context for personal injury work --2.3 The Woolf reforms: overall views and their impact on method of work --2.4 Letters of claim --2.5 Responding to the claim: acknowledgement, response and disclosure --2.6 Expert evidence --2.7 Settlement --2.8 Meeting the aims: is the process less adversarial, quicker or cheaper --Section 3. Clinical negligence work: --3.1 Clinical negligence work --3.2 The Woolf reforms: overall views and their impact on method of work --3.3 General aims of the clinical disputes protocol --3.4 Formulating and responding to the claim --3.5 Expert evidence --3.6 Settlement --3.7 Clinical negligence work: do the reforms meet their aims? --Section 4. Housing disrepair work: --4.1 Housing disrepair work: introduction --4.2 The context for housing disrepair --4.3 The Woolf reforms: overall views and their impact on methods of work --4.4 Formulating and responding to the claim --4.5 Expert evidence --4.6 Settlement --4.7 Housing disrepair work: do the reforms meet their aims? --Section 5. Conclusion: --5.1 Conclusion: areas for review.

Includes bibliography and index.

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xlii, 420 p.