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"I sense a realisation that untrammelled litigation costs are unacceptable to society.’"

But all these reforms have done is massively increase costs (whether "trammeled" or not). Costs budgeting does nothing to control costs as the budget allows a "reasonable" expenditure and can be revisited if excess costs are incurred for one reason or another, yet itself costs a small fortune, adding significantly to the overall costs of the action for winners and losers.