Litigation Funding It s all about perspective

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1 Litigation Funding It s all about perspective The current litigation landscape from a judicial, barrister, practitioner and funders view. We are delighted to invite you to a full day conference, accredited with 5 CPD points. Our panel of expert speakers will provide their views on the commercial litigation market and share their costs management and budgeting experiences. Wednesday 16th September 2015 Exchange Chambers, 5th Floor, 201 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3NW

2 Programme Coffee and Registration Welcome and Introduction Kerry Underwood, Senior Partner, Underwoods Solicitors Hourly rate? Out of date! Jason Westhall, Head of Marketing and Comms, MMA Digital Digital marketing trends in Coffee Matthew Williams, Head of AmTrust Law, AmTrust Financial Services Inc The myths around commercial ATE Nick McDonnell, Director and Northern Regional Manager, Just Costs Solicitors Embracing technology to assist costs management Karen Troy, Exchange Chambers A view from the Bar Lunch Neil Purslow, Chief Investment Officer, Therium Litigation Funding: Trends and topical developments Paul Shenton, Managing Director, Just Costs Solicitors Helping you to help yourselves :20 Coffee His Honour Judge Bird A view from the Bench Q&A and Panel Discussion Drinks & Nibbles 99 plus VAT ( ) per delegate. Book before 1 September 2015 for just 75 plus VAT ( 90). To reserve your place please Jo Stapley [email protected] The conference is accredited with 5 CPD points by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. If you have any special dietary requirements (including allergies) please bring these to our attention.

3 Speaker Profiles Paul Shenton, Managing Director, Just Costs Solicitors Paul founded Just Costs in He is dual qualified as a Barrister and a Solicitor, completing his pupillage at Hardwicke Building in London before moving to Eversheds in 1992, where he was a partner for 9 years. Whilst at Eversheds, Paul established and developed their national costs team to a turnover of approximately 2 million per annum. In addition to being the Managing Director, Paul also heads up the successful Advocacy Team and has been involved in a number of high profile cases. Karen Troy, Exchange Chambers Karen was called to the Bar in She joined Exchange Chambers in September 2011 after three years at Forbes Hare, a law firm in the British Virgin Islands, where she was a Partner and Head of Litigation. Karen s practice focuses on commercial (including chancery commercial) litigation covering most aspects of domestic and international commercial law. Kerry Underwood, Senior Partner, Underwoods Solicitors Kerry is Senior Partner of Underwoods Solicitors, a Living Wage firm, in Hemel Hempstead and Cape Town. Former Employment Judge, current Editor Costs and Funding section Butterworths Personal Injury Litigation Service. Author Fixed Costs and No Win No Fee No Worries, and ATE chapter of Insurance Disputes. Consultant to various countries and law firms, Kerry s blogs are the definitive guide to costs and funding issues, attracting half a million visits and being quoted by the Supreme Court President and other senior judges. He appears regularly on BBC Radio and TV and is frequently asked to give expert evidence in funding and related matters in the Supreme Court and the Administrative Court. Many of Kerry s ideas, considered revolutionary at the time, are now standard practice. Kerry is now a highly influential figure in relation to the legal systems of this and other countries. Underwoods Solicitors pioneered the offshoring of secretarial and other support functions to South Africa, where it now has a thriving business, and where it supports many charities. His free blog is accessed at kerryunderwood.wordpress.com free of charge. Follow Kerry on

4 Matthew Williams, Head of AmTrust Law, AmTrust Financial Services Inc Matthew attended Brunel University between 1983 and 1987, obtaining a BSc in Law & Politics. He then went to the College of Law in London and qualified as a solicitor (England & Wales) in Having completed his legal training at the British Coal Corporation, Matthew spent the next four years in private practice. Since then he has worked in the insurance industry for twenty years (the last eleven as an underwriter). He joined GE Capital in 1994 and worked within its payment protection (creditor insurance) division. In 1997 he went to Eastgate which provided specialist services to insurance companies and Lloyd s Syndicates. In 2001 he moved to Brit Insurance and was appointed Class Underwriter for legal expenses insurance. In February 2010 he joined AmTrust Financial Services Inc. as Head of AmTrust Law, underwriting specialty legal expenses insurance business both in the UK and overseas. Matthew is regarded as an innovative leader whose business philosophy is underpinned by a passion for excellence and a commitment to communicate in a timely and no-nonsense manner. Nick McDonnell, Director and Northern Regional Manager, Just Costs Solicitors Nick is a Director, Northern Regional Manager and Costs Lawyer with Just Costs Solicitors. Nick graduated from Cambridge University in 1998 and subsequently went into Civil Litigation with a Solicitors firm in Lancashire where he also took up an interest in costs. Nick proceeded to develop his interest in costs working with some of the key costs firms within the industry before joining Just Costs Solicitors at its inception in January Nick developed within Just Costs where he conducted high value and complex costs matters and became responsible for all technical and practical training throughout the business offices nationwide. Nick is now a Director who continues to handle a high value and complex caseload with an emphasis on Commercial, Intellectual Property, Civil and Catastrophic Injury litigation, including costs management & budgeting, case end detailed assessment proceedings as well as handling appeals up to the Court of Appeal and assessments pursuant to the Solicitors Act Nick also has extensive experience as an advocate at costs hearings and is a qualified mediator. Neil Purslow, Chief Investment Officer, Therium Neil Purslow is Chief Investment Officer and one of the co-founders of Therium. Neil sits of the board of the Association of Litigation Funders, the self-regulatory body for the litigation funding industry in England and Wales, of which Therium is a founding member. Neil speaks regularly at conferences and is often quoted in the media on issues related to litigation funding. Prior to founding Therium, Neil was in-house Litigation Counsel for Marsh & MacLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) and prior to that, he was in practice in the City of London and with US firm Reed Smith. Neil gained an MA in jurisprudence from the University of Oxford.

5 Litigation Funding It s all about perspective Accredited with 5 CPD Hours BOOKING FORM Please print out, complete and return to Just Costs Solicitors [email protected] Fax: Post: Just Costs Solicitors, 53 King Street, Manchester M2 4LQ DX: Manchester Please indicate below which conference you wish to attend: Manchester (Wednesday 16th September 2015) London (Thursday 17th September 2015) Delegate 1 address Delegate 2 address Company Contact Number Contact address Postcode DX Special Requirements Where did you hear about this event? To take advantage of our early bird offer and secure your place, please enclose a cheque for 75 + VAT per delegate before 01 September 2015 Following that date, the charge per delegate will be 99 + VAT. If you require an invoice before payment can be made please tick here A VAT receipt will be sent once payment is received. Just Costs Solicitors are Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Just Costs Solicitors: Registered in the UK Registration Number Registered Office: 53 King Street, Manchester M2 4LQ VAT Reg No: