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Costs Conference 2010 **LIMITED PLACES REMAINING**

Event Details

Course Code: S2421
Speaker: Various
Specialisations: Company & Commercial, Criminal, Employment, Family, Personal Injury, Wills, Trusts, Tax & Probate, Civil Litigation, Management, Property, Conferences,
Venue: Liverpool Law Society, 2nd Floor, The Cotton Exchange, Edmund Street, Liverpool, L3 9LQ
CPD hours: 6 hours
Date: Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
Time: 09:30 - 16:45

Members Price: £199
Non Members Price: £249
Trainee Price: £199
Support Staff Price: £199

Note: 17.5% Vat added at checkout








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Event Description

Add additional delegates from your firm for only: Members £149+VAT & Non Members £199+VAT

9.30 – 9.40am    Chairpersons Introduction ~  District Judge Heyworth

9.40 – 10.25       Ten Questions you need to ask about your Retainers ~ Dr Mark Friston, Kings Chambers

  • Clients at home;
  • Clients on the end of a phone line
  • Discounts
10.25 – 11.10  The Ten Commandments for Costs Advocates ~ DJ Ashton
  • How not to annoy a District Judge in a costs hearing!

11.10 – 11.25    Refreshments

11.25 - 12.40    Jackson / New RTA Process ~ Dominic Regan

  • Jackson-the major proposals for reform
  • Thoughts on the April 2010 new RTA claims process
  •  What next? The likely timetable for change
  •  Unresolved issues

12.40 – 12.45    Questions

12.45 – 1.30      Lunch

1.30 – 2.30        Legal Services Act 2007~ Kerry Underwood, Underwoods Solicitors    

  • Alternate business structures
  • Structure of your company
  • Types of work
  • Competing with new entrants
  • Offshoring
2:30 - 3:15         Recent Challenges in Cost Cases ~ Amanda Ashton,  Compass Costs
  • ATE Premium Construction, Commissions, Indemnities
  • Maintenance of Actions – the Pitfalls and the Challenges
  • Costs in Infant Cases

3.00 – 3.30        Refreshments
 
3.30 –4.10         Defendants Perspective ~ Dominic Swallow, Keelys Solicitors
  • Common issues for defendants
  • Costs estimates - what arguments are left?
  • Raising issues of conduct 
4.10 – 4.40        ATE Insurance: Now and in the Future ~ Rocco Pirozzolo
  • ATE insurance: an overview of where we are now
  • ATE insurance: the effect if Lord Justice Jackson’s final report
 4.40 – 4.45       Questions & Chairperson's Closing Address ~ District Judge Heyworth

 

Principal Sponsor:

Compass Costs

 

 Other sponsor:

Wesleyan

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