Woolf Reforms

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:affectedAreaOfLaw civil justice system
gptkbp:aimsTo improving access to justice
reducing cost and delay in civil litigation
gptkbp:basedOnReportBy gptkb:Access_to_Justice_Report_1996
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Woolf Reforms
gptkbp:implementedIn 1999
England and Wales
gptkbp:introduced sanctions for non-compliance
case management by judges
encouragement of settlement
pre-action protocols
overriding objective
simplified procedures for small claims
timetables for cases
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lord_Woolf
gptkbp:replacedBy County Court Rules
Rules of the Supreme Court
gptkbp:result gptkb:Civil_Procedure_Rules_1998
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Civil_Procedure_Rules_1998
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7