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In the context of personal injury litigation, his reforms (or reforms based on his recommendations) have tipped the balance entirely in favour of insurers. With the abolition of the recoverability of additional liabilities and the introduction of proportionality, insurers are now able to defend claims as a matter of routine because County Court trial judges have never been so willing to dismiss claimants’ claims (probably partly based on the compensation culture myth that Jackson LJ himself did little to challenge in his rhetoric). In addition, QOCS is an abject failure and a poor substitute for a recoverable insurance premium.

His legacy is, regrettably, disastrous in the context of access to justice.