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Explain and comment on the main reforms made to the civil justice system after the Woolf Report.  

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Assignment for English Legal System a) Explain and comment on the main reforms made to the civil justice system after the Woolf Report. It is essential to reform the legal system in order to maintain the contemporary and evolving society - without which the system cannot survive. Legislation made in the early nineteenth century was found to be unfit due to the rapid progressing society, however, the fact that laws appear out of date does not necessarily mean that they will technically cease to apply; such legislation still stands valid until it is repealed. During the power of the Conservative Government, Lord Woolf was appointed to carry out an extensive review of the civil justice system, which was created to resolve disputes between companies or individuals who felt that their rights had been affected. In July 1996, after two years of intensive research, the Access to Justice: Final Report was published by...

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