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The effectiveness of representation at tribunals : report to the Lord Chancellor

Personal injury compensation : how much is enough? : a study of the compensation experiences of victims of personal injury : item 11 of the fifth Programme of Law Reform : damages

Judging civil justice

"The civil justice system supports social order and economic activity, but a number of factors over the last decade have created a situation in which the value of civil justice is being undermined and the civil courts are in a state of dilapidation ... Dame Hazel Genn discusses reforms to civil justice in England and around the world over the last decade in the context of escalating expenditure on criminal justice and vanishing civil trials ... questions whether diverting cases out of the public courts and into private dispute resolution promotes access to justice ... and points to the need for a better understanding of how judges 'do justice'"--Provided by publisherThe civil justice system supports social order and economic activity, but a number of factors over the last decade have created a situation in which the value of civil justice is being undermined and the civil courts are in a state of dilapidation. For the 2008 Hamlyn Lectures, Dame Hazel Genn discusses reforms to civil justice in England and around the world over the last decade in the context of escalating expenditure on criminal justice and vanishing civil trials. In critically assessing the claims and practice of mediation for civil disputes, she questions whether diverting cases out of the public courts and into private dispute resolution promotes access to justice, looks critically at the changed expectations of the judiciary in civil justice and points to the need for a better understanding of how judges 'do justice'.

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