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Association of Costs Lawyers' Annual Conference 2012

11 May 2012

This is the first talk that I have given since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) received Royal Assent and since Sir Rupert Jackson temporarily stopped work. It is therefore fitting that I should start by paying tribute to Sir Rupert's extraordinary achievement since January 2009. The challenge which he faced from a standing start in 2009 would have defeated any normal human being. Within a year, he produced a formidably detailed, coherent, well-expressed, and evidenced-based interim report and final report. To anyone else, that would have been more than enough, but, over the next two years, he almost single-handedly argued his case with all the many opponents to his reforms, lectured to any group who invited him, and negotiated with the Government and professional groups. And, contrary to almost all predictions, his proposals have now become law.

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