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Lord Clarke, the Master of the Rolls, has urged members of the judiciary to support Lord Justice Jackson’s preliminary review of civil costs and costs management pilot in Birmingham. The aim is to reduce costs and “realise the Woolfian dream”, he said in a speech to the Designated Civil Judges’ Conference in June. He also expressed a hope that costs management would soon be piloted in defamation cases.
Lord Clarke, the Master of the Rolls, has urged members of the judiciary to support Lord Justice Jackson’s preliminary review of civil costs and costs management pilot in Birmingham. The aim is to reduce costs and “realise the Woolfian dream”, he said in a speech to the Designated Civil Judges’ Conference in June. He also expressed a hope that costs management would soon be piloted in defamation cases.
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