This article focuses on changes to civil litigation funding that are being brought into force on 1 April 2013 by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and which implement Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations for reform. The article also considers the Simmons v Castle 10% increase in general damages, which also comes into effect on 1 April 2013.

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