Consultation Responses and Lobbying

Letter to CPRC rolling consultations Part 20 final

• FOIL

Response to MOJ consultation on QOCs and vulnerability

• FOIL

CPRC consultation response on Parts 17 and 38

• FOIL

FOIL response to the CJC PAP Review

• FOIL

Scottish Civil Justice Council consultation on rules for mode of attendance at court

• FOIL Scotland

Scottish Government consultation on Covid recovery

• FOIL Scotland

Response to the CPRC consultation on CPR Part 10 and Part 12

• FOIL

Response to MOJ Call for Evidence on Dispute Resolution in England and Wales

• FOIL

Response to the DOJ consultation on minor settlements

• FOIL
• FOIL Northern Ireland

A response by FOIL to the DOJ’s consultation on increasing the general civil jurisdiction of the county courts in Northern Ireland

• FOIL
• FOIL Northern Ireland

FOIL is entirely supportive of the aims of the Department of Justice in consulting on increasing the jurisdictional limits: to make the civil justice system faster, more convenient, and more efficient. FOIL has campaigned frequently for reforms aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the court process and reducing the cost of litigation, thereby supporting access to justice.

Joint Response to the Call for Evidence by the Justice Committee – Committee Stage – Damages (Return on Investment) Bill

• FOIL
• FOIL Northern Ireland

FOIL NI and BIBA (the joint signatories) acknowledge the new proposed statutory methodology for calculating the personal injury discount rate in Northern Ireland as infinitely preferable to the current methodology used under Wells v Wells, under which the Minister’s recent announcement to strike a rate at -1.75% is based.

Joint letter to the NI Committee for Justice re the Damages (Return on Investment) Bill

• FOIL
• FOIL Northern Ireland

At the time of our last contact with the Committee the Department of Justice had decided not to proceed with a review of the Discount Rate under Wells v Wells, on the basis that, instead, the above Bill would be brought forward to change the methodology for setting the rate, to deliver 100% compensation, no more and no less.