Claims logjam fear.
The Woolf Reforms were intended to stream-line the legal system. Six months since their introduction, Shona Cronin, looks at their effect on the insurance industry.
The impetus behind the Woolf Reforms was to alleviate three keyproblems at the heart of the civil litigation system - delay, cost and
complexity.
Speaking at a seminar organised by law firm, Berrymans Lace Mawer, the
Senior Master Turner said that none of these weaknesses had yet been
rectified.
He said: "The system has become increasingly complicated, with many of the
county and high courts struggling to fully grasp the complexity of the
procedures. However, once certain practical problems have
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