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I respect Rupert Jackson. His judicial experience speaks for itself. He is the original co-author of Jackson and Powell on professional liability which is the pre-eminent text book on the subject. He is passionate about the future of justice. And in some respects he has been proven right. Who now will miss a deadline? But in other respects I think he is gravely mistaken. His ideas were usurped by the MoJ and the formidable insurance lobby which have one aim, no court cases at all. What we could have done with was an appreciation by Sir Rupert of that reality and a desire to see all sides of the matter properly represented. Instead he ploughs on. Overall the Jackson reforms have not achieved what he set out for them and costs have spiralled due the bureaucracy which he introduced. Despite what he says, he has not listened to practitioners and he needs to do so.