In its response to Civil litigation costs review: Jackson LJ's Preliminary Report, the Bar Council submitted that funding issues should be the subject
of separate consultation.
Native Title Representative Bodies (this inquiry was in addition to the four
separate consultation processes on native title issues conducted by the Attorney - General's Department);
I want to emphasis that it is the unique position that traditional rulers occupy that is
behind separate consultations and we want to take much advantage of it as much as possible.
HKEX will launch
a separate consultation by July 31 this year to explore such option.
A separate consultation on the UK's international connectivity and hub status planned for March 2012 was postponed until the summer and then further postponed until the autumn of 2012.
Nor does it say anything about Early Years, which will be the subject of
a separate consultation later this year.
A separate consultation on A-level coursework and on the new AS - levels for the same 14 subjects was also launched on Friday by the exams regulator, Ofqual.
However, Jackson LJ pointed at CFAs as being one of the contributing factors to the increase in civil litigation costs; 100 % success fees are not unusual, especially in traditionally more risky litigation such as defamation actions (such costs are the subject of
a separate consultation).
However, they conclude that it would not be in the public interest to recommend a complete elimination of these exemptions without reviewing them further, and
a separate consultation process should be undertaken to assess this.
Following two
separate consultations, Canada has said it will change its harsh debarment rules and usher in what appear to be UK - style deferred prosecution agreements.
What about giving each of
them a separate consultation and one mediation session at a reduced fixed rate for both because until they have experienced it for themselves how can they truly make an informed decision about whether it can work for them.