It commenced in January 2009 and took about a year to complete, a preliminary report being published on 8 May 2009.
On 14 January 2010, Jackson published the final report to the new Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger.
[3] Jackson was assisted in his work by a panel of assessors, comprising:[2] : 2 The final report is 557 pages long.
[1] The main findings and recommendations include:[1] After the Jackson Report was published, the Judicial Executive Board agreed to support the recommendations of the final report and established a Judicial Steering Group with the following members:[3] Reforms to civil costs were implemented in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which came into effect on 1 April 2013.
Recommendations 10 and 65(i), concerned with a 10% general increase in damages in most tort cases, was made known in an Appeal Court ruling, in the case of Christopher Simmons v Derek Castle, and also took effect from 1 April 2013.