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A pilot project intended to control the costs of civil litigation, born out of Lord Justice Jackson’s reforms, will launch in Mercantile and Technology and Construction Courts nationwide in October following the success of the first stage of the programme in Birmingham.

The Ministry of Justice’s impact assessments (IAs) accompanying its Jackson implementation plan have been branded “not fit for purpose” by the government-appointed committee that vets them, it has been claimed.

Solicitors will not abandon large swathes of personal injury claimants if they are paid less than now, Lord Justice Jackson has predicted in a sharp retort to a much-publicised report which slated his recommendations for reform of the civil costs system.

A ban on referral fees is back on the Ministry of Justice’s agenda, a government adviser revealed yesterday. However, Mark Boleat told the Claims Standards Council conference in Manchester that he believed the arguments against a ban are “compelling”.

The Public Law Project has issued the first formal challenge to the government’s plans for reforming the costs of civil litigation. In a letter before action sent to justice secretary Ken Clarke, the charity’s solicitors, Leigh Day & Co, protest the lack of costs protection for those bringing judicial review proceedings.