As the Woolf reforms were a platform for other reforms of the day, its main advantage will be to provide an important step for the new reforms to follow an improvement, as the general saying goes: “a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. The main failure of the Woolf reforms was the continuous changing, updating and revision of the CPR. Which made it incoherent and unintelligible to the non-legal population. Although the advantage has been to encourage cooperation in the conduct of proceedings, identify problems early and resort to alternative dispute resolution; this was achieved by recognizing the direction their claim would take. The use of ADR made people aware of the facts of their case and involved them in the process leading to the conclusion of the case. The main criticism of Woolf's reforms was made by Michael Zander. Credible criticisms included the immense pressure placed on the parties involved to reach a settlement, the unattractive decisions made during the pre-trial phase.