A Practical Update on the New Rules and Claims Portal

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1 A Practical Update on the New Rules and Claims Portal

2 WELCOME A Practical Update on the New Rules and Claims Portal The Jackson reforms are the most profound in living legal memory. Every single solicitor, barrister and practice is affected. After almost one year, we can now see more clearly the new landscape and how the courts have begun to interpret the new rules. This essential one day conference provides an invaluable update on the new rules and changes to the claims portal for only 199. It gives a unique insight into how the new rules apply in practice, together with tactics and elephant traps for the unwary. Key industry experts provide practical guidance, allowing you to make sense of the changes and to understand how to respond through changing the way you undertake this work so as to ensure not only survival but also profitability.

3 Programme Find your way out of the Jackson reforms and make the changes now so your firm can survive. Visit or telephone am 9.30am 9.30am 9.45am 9.45am 10.45am Conference Registration Chairman s Opening The New Procedural Framework Dominic will take you through the changes in procedure that the Jackson reforms have brought to your practice and offer you practical ways to help you manage these effectively without breaking the bank. The New Rules Hot Topics For Practitioners Compliance and Relief from Sanctions after Mitchell/Durrant Part 36 in Practice One Way Costs Shifting in Practice: An Insurers Nightmare Damages Based Agreements: An Update CPR Revision 10.45am 11.00am 11.00am 11.15am 11.15am 12.00pm Questions Coffee/Tea Setting Success Fees and Charging Clients Jeff Zindani Jeff will guide you through the minefield of success fees and charging your client, whilst also covering ATE premiums, CFAs and the 10% uplift in damages too, whilst giving practical guidance on your client care letters. Are Risk Assessments Necessary? Law Society Model Agreement Setting Success Fees and Solicitor/Fiduciary Relationship The End of ATE Insurance? Are You Claiming the 10% General Damages Uplift? Pre-CFA Costs Client Care Letters in Practice: Practice Points and Pitfalls

4 12.00pm 12.45pm 12.45pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.45pm Proportionality in Practice Proportionality brought into perspective with Dominic, who will highlight the effects on your practice and ways to manage proportionality. After Lownds : New Rules on Proportionality The New Overriding Objective How will this Apply in Practice? Satellite Litigation : Back to the Future The End of Variable Costs for Personal Injury Work? Questions Lunch The Claims Portal: Procedure and Practice Jeff Zindani Portal issues and how to deal with them for both RTA and EL/PL claims covered in this crucial session. The New Rules for RTA/EL and PL Cases Common Problems and Exiting The Impact of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 Damages in Practice Knowledge Management Systems: Stock Allegations to Quantum Risk Management Issues 2.45pm 3.15pm 3.15pm 4.00pm 4.00pm 4.30pm Questions and Coffee/Tea Costs Management in Practice Essential information on Cost Budgeting and how to make sure you don t get caught out. Theory and Practice : New Rules in Context Key Points to Follow Drafting Budgets: In House or Outsourced? Filing and Exchanging Budgets Costs Budgeting Exercise: Judicial Discretion Costs Management Orders: Cases Issued Prior to 1st April 2013 Miscellaneous Issues Questions and Chairman s closing remarks

5 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Jeff Zindani LLB MA, was the Founder of Forum Law Solicitors and Legal Assistance Direct. Jeff was an Equity Partner at Russell Jones and Walker (now Slater & Gordon) before setting up Forum Law in 2003, a customer focused personal injury law firm with a turnover of 3 million. He was described by the Lawyer Magazine as a millennium lawyer to watch out for. He has also written a number of books and articles and acts as a consultant to a number of law firms on strategy and change management projects. He still advises a number of professional associations and trade unions on changes in the legal services market., is one of the UK s foremost speakers on costs and dispute resolution and is a special Adviser to the Association of Costs Lawyers. He has advised Lord Justice Jackson on costs budgeting and management. Recently, he has worked closely with HH Judge Simon Brown QC who pioneered active case/costs management. He is also a visiting Professor at City University London and is an Editor on the Board of the New Law Journal.