Access to Justice [electronic resource] : A Critical Analysis of Recoverable Conditional Fees and No Win No Fee Funding /
Peysner, J.author.
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.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 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 and 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 ReformNotes; Index
Includes index.
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.
Investment banking.
Securities.
Commercial law.
Insurance.
Civil procedure.
Civil law.
Investments and Securities.
Commercial Law.
Insurance.
Civil Procedure Law.
Civil Law.