Principles of the English & Welsh legal system

TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES v CONTEMPORARY PRINCIPLES (via Woolf Reforms)

Equality

Condition of being equal between two or more

Fairness

In a fair manner; fight according to the rules; exactly; completely

Impartiality

Not partial; unprejudiced; fair

Justice

Just conduct; fairness; exercise of authority in maintenance of right; due allocation of reward of virtue and punishment of vice

CONTEMPORARY

Equality

99:1; 80:20; [50:50]; 40:60;1:99 when parties settle a dispute using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)*

Economy

Administration or condition of concerns and resources of a community; careful use of resources; frugality; organised system

Proportionality

Comparative part, share; correct relation of one thing to another or between parts of a thing; dimensions, size; equality of ratios between two pairs of quantities

Expedition

Warlike enterprise; journey, voyage for definite purpose; promptness, speed

* Defined term of art "contemporary equality" by Lesley McDade to distinguish between equality provided by a judge