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CIVIL PROCEEDINGS AND COMPENSATION CLAIMS AFTER THE WOOLF REFORMS COSTS WOOLF’S SWORD
On the 26th April 1999 the face of British justice and the way we could deal with compensation claims was changed for ever when the Woolf reform considerations were implemented to simplify what had been considered a complex, slow and expensive system.

One of the areas affected was the sticky subject of costs which was a big area of complexity for compensation claims. In the new regime the whole area of costs is subject to widespread reform and change.

Lord Woolf has chosen costs to be his sword, the weapon by which he will ensure that the new procedures are complied with and by which litigants will be pressured to consider other forms of dispute resolution in their compensation claims.

In addition the limits and uncertainty of the new costs rules are expected to persuade litigants to settle their compensation claims more frequently and at an earlier stage in the proceedings. It is a two-edged sword. It is used to cut the costs available generally and to penalise litigants and/or their solicitors where they fail to comply with the letter and spirit of the new rules, directions and protocols during their personal injury compensation claims.

Not only are there still Wasted Cost Orders, but now costs which would previously have merely been ordered to be payable in any event at the end of the compensation claim proceedings are now to be assessed and awarded on the spot In addition if it is shown that even a successful parry has not been wholly reasonable throughout the case, that party's costs may be reduced appropriately.

The effect of the new procedures may be that there will be a reduction in the number of solicitors and barristers in practice, but apparently the Lord Chancellor is quite prepared for that to happen and is not concerned if this proves to be the case.

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