All Dispute Resolution articles – Page 7

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    How to get your retainer right

    2018-12-06T12:05:00Z

    Kerry Underwood provides an update on getting your client retainer right, including how to avoid challenges under the Solicitors Act 1974, notice of the right to cancel, and explaining the funding agreement.

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    My legal life: Daniel Sokol

    2018-12-06T11:31:00Z

    Daniel Sokol from 12 King’s Bench Walk talks about the trends he sees emerging as a clinical negligence barrister, and why Horace Rumpole is his legal role model.

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    Clear to see: price transparency

    2018-12-05T15:58:00Z

    On 6 December 2018, new transparency rules come into force requiring law firms to publish certain price, service and regulatory information. Sarah Brodie outlines the details.

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    Success story: Excellent work

    2018-12-05T14:02:00Z

    In October 2018, Alex Hatchman was the first person to win the Law Society’s Excellence in Practice Management Award. We asked her about the changes she’s introduced and challenges she faced.

  • Simon Davis
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    The Rule of Law and I, Solicitor

    2018-12-04T17:13:00Z

    Simon Davis, next President of the Law Society, considers the role of solicitors in upholding the rule of law.

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    Relief from sanctions

    2018-10-18T08:05:00Z

    Civil Litigation Section committee member Peter Causton offers advice and top tips on applying the relief from sanctions test.

  • Andrea Coomber
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    My legal life: Andrea Coomber

    2018-10-16T17:11:00Z

    In our third Q&A feature, we ask Andrea Coomber, director of JUSTICE about her career and life in the law.

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    Conditional fee agreements: what aren’t you telling them?

    2018-10-16T16:15:00Z

    In the final instalment of our series on how to avoid professional negligence claims, PJ Kirby considers new business models and the need for informed consent, looking at the case of Herbert v HH Law Ltd [2018] EWHC 580 (QB).

  • Edward Cooke
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    Success story: Battling for local justice

    2018-10-12T09:03:00Z

    Edward Cooke explains what it was like to take on the government and Whitehall juggernaut in a bid to save local court provision in Chichester.

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    SRA releases new guidance on price transparency

    2018-10-04T10:50:00Z

    Law firms will have to publish details of their employees’ experience and the time work is likely to take – as well as their prices – when new transparency rules come into force in December. 

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    Recap from our autumn conference

    2018-10-03T16:53:00Z

    Handouts from our recent autumn conference on risk and litigation are now available. 

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    Queasy money? Curing travel sickness claims

    2018-09-25T11:02:00Z

    An epidemic of holiday sickness claims has plagued the travel industry over the past couple of years. Stephen Mason examines the impact of new regulations.

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    Legal professional privilege revisited – but not for the last time

    2018-09-25T10:22:00Z

    In the landmark case of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), the Court of Appeal has overturned a controversial High Court decision restricting the application of litigation privilege. Elisabeth Ross considers what this means for practitioners.

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    Litigants in person

    2018-09-21T08:19:00Z

    James Perry, Alison Kirby and Alastair Shaw, members of the Civil Litigation Section committee, discuss recent developments in the case of Barton v Wright Hassall.

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    What to expect from our autumn conference

    2018-09-17T12:01:00Z

    Civil Litigation Section committee member Alison Kirby outlines what you can expect from the Section autumn conference on 27 September, which is free of charge for Section members.

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    Costs and professional negligence: more claims coming?

    2018-08-15T13:58:00Z

    In the second section of our three-part series on how to avoid professional negligence claims, PJ Kirby KC stresses the importance of getting your costs budgeting right.

  • Elisabeth Ross
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    Behaving badly – clarity at last on misconduct definitions?

    2018-08-15T13:25:00Z

    Dishonesty, want of integrity, professional misconduct and negligence: these concepts form a vexed spectrum of negative conduct characteristics from solicitors and other professionals. Elisabeth Ross looks at recent developments to help disentangle these terms.

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    Insolvency: practice direction makes perfect

    2018-08-15T11:54:00Z

    On 4 July 2018, a new Practice Direction – Insolvency Proceedings (PDIP) came into force, replacing the most recent practice direction, which itself only came into force on 25 April 2018. Kerry Underwood summarises the new requirements.

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    Mediation – where do we go now?

    2018-08-14T11:54:00Z

    Mediation continues to face challenges in its journey from an alternative to mainstream form of dispute resolution, not least being overshadowed by Brexit. Peter Causton rounds up the latest developments.

  • Gordon Exall
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    My legal life: Gordon Exall

    2018-08-08T09:00:00Z

    In the second instalment of our new Q&A feature, Gordon Exall, barrister and author of the Civil Litigation Brief blog, shares his experiences and advice for civil litigation practitioners.