Reference : Genn, H (2012) What Is Civil Justice For? Reform, ADR, and Accessto Justice Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, 24, 1, 18

1. What have been the major 'crisis' in the civil justice system?

2. What does Genn say was the motivation for the Government to review and change the civil legal system?

3. What was Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) meant to do?

4. What is Genn's criticism of Alternative Dispute Resolution (also referred to as mediation which is a specific form of ADR)?

5. What is Genn's criticism of the Woolf reforms and other reforms of the civil legal system?

6. Based on your own assessment of the information shared with you during the lecture and your own reading/research including Genn's article, critically evaluate whether the Woolf reforms were effective. a. What is your reasoning? What evidence are you relying on? That can be statistics, the views of experts, your own experiences etc)