The MoJ wrote to personal injury practitioners telling them that any reform on the process has been put on hold until April 2010.
The decision came just a few hours before the Civil Justice Council was scheduled to meet with personal injury lawyers to thrash out reforms on personal injury rules, which were to change in October this year.
One insider reportedly stated:
They [the MoJ] said PI process reform was on hold until [Lord Justice] Jackson publishes his report. Then they said the letter had been sent by mistake, which we know not to be true. Chaos is reigning.
The MoJ issued a statement which read:
Ministers are committed to delivering the new process as soon as possible but, in view of the need to ensure that this can be effectively and smoothly rolled out, have agreed that implementation should be deferred until April 2010.
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