THE INTERMEDIATE TRACK DEVELOPMENTS 2024
Created only a year ago, several important changes were implemented in April this year and all of them will be explained in this session by Dominic who advised Sir Rupert Jackson on the underlying proposals years before they became law.
- A guide to the revised costs figures in Table 14
- The Stage 1 trap
- The new Stage 16
- Clarification of when a clinical negligence case could be subject to Fixed Costs
- Contracting out
- What you must tell your client!
SOLICITOR'S RETAINERS AND ASSESSMENT OF COSTS: HINTS AND TIPS
This talk will give solicitors a vital insight into the frequently encountered issues with solicitor retainers and explain the process of an assessment under the Solicitors Act 1974.
- Common issues with retainers
- How to bill a client
- The process of an assessment under the Solicitors Act
- The presumptions which operate under that assessment
PROVING YOUR CASE
Sadly (and negligently), too many litigators come unstuck when it comes to the rules of Civil Evidence. This talk will cover TUI V GRIFFITHS, the most important procedural decision of 2023.
- Witness statement mishaps
- How to ensure your expert evidence is admissible and effective
- Dealing with disputed documentation
SANCTIONS AND RELIEF
Two important, recent Court of Appeal decisions have clarified the law of sanctions which was completely rewritten in 2013.
- When does a sanction even apply?
- Unless Orders
- The correct test for seeking to set judgement aside
- Top tips for Part 3.9 applications
THE ESSENTIALS OF PLEADING YOUR CASE
Failure to plead correctly could mean a good case could yet be lost. Key practical and legal considerations will be flagged up in this talk.
- Must fraud be explicitly pleaded?
- The danger of alleging too much
- Can the court raise a point that a party has failed to plead
- Contributory negligence
- What can a defendant argue if judgement is secured against them?

