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I am a fully qualified lawyer (solicitor of many years' standing) but not a litigator...nonetheless I am rather concerned at the complacency of LJ Jackson who is judging his success by looking at the surface of things and patting himself on the back too readily.

I am concerned about access to real justice and what these reforms will do in terms of reducing the level of talent in the profession. God forbid I should ever need to pursue any litigation but if I do, like health service, you want to know you are getting truly competent service from your legal representative.

Additionally, I would resent having the level of costs I can recover from the losing party reduced to the extent that I may as well not bother to take action in the first place.

Many will simply not bother to take action - how does this improve access to justice even if it does help the Government to keep the deficit a bit lower than it would be otherwise...