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One thing that is never mentioned (these days) is that Woolf originally recommended there should be massive investment in court staff and support, including modern IT systems, to ensure the court service could operate efficiently
That part of the recommendations was never implemented but it was a key part, and if it was difficult having a phone call answered at by Central London County Court in 1997, that was nothing compared to now
Any proper review should include a proper assessment of the funding, staffing levels and training that the court service staff would require to ensure justice runs 'proportionately' and 'efficiently'. If the court controls the litigation process, then it ought to be able to do so effectively. Mitchell probably demonstrates that it does not
True and far reaching reform would cost money which is anathema.

What the judiciary and academics responsible for Jackson ought to realise is that whilst they are independent, the public rarely grasps the subtle difference between the judiciary and the building and staff around them. Any shambles of the court system also reflects on them. I wonder what the honourable MP thinks of the legal system...