CivilProcedureRulesat20isacollectionofpresentationsandpaperstomarkthe20thanniversaryoftheCPRcomingintoforce,manyofwhichweredeliveredorallyattheCPRat20ConferenceattheBonaveroInstituteofHumanRights,atMansfieldCollege,Oxford,in2019.Thepresentationsandpapershavebeeneditedandextendedtoprovideapermanentrecordavailabletoawideraudience.Thebookisdedicatedtoexaminingkeychallengesandchangesfacingtheciviljusticesystem,markingthe20thanniversaryofthecurrentcivilproceduresgoverningcivillitigationinEnglandandWales.Itaddressesarangeoftechnical,political,andcontroversialsubjectsonaccesstojusticeandtherulesgoverningcivillitigation,includingthedigitizationofthejusticesystemandthefutureroleofartificialintelligence;theemergenceofclassactions;disclosurerulesandreform;restrictionsonJudicialReviewchallengestoGovernmentdecisions;closedmaterialproceedings;andeffortstomakethecostsofcivillitigationmoreaffordableandproportional,includingtheavailabilityoflegalaid.WithaForewordbyLordBriggs,thecontributionscomefromthosebestqualifiedtotellthisstory,fromseniorjudges,practitioners,andleadingacademicscholarseachwiththeirownuniqueperspective.
