LAW2023 Online: Civil Litigation (Spring)

Part 36 - The Last 12 Months [2023]

Presented by Andrew McLoughlin

This course covers the following:

No other rule in the Civil Procedure Rules produces more cases that define, refine and interpret Part 36.

This one-hour webinar will cover the most recent case law from the last 12 months including: –

1.How to make an effective part 36 offer

2 What happens if the wording is slightly wrong?

3.Making a part 36 offer as a Defendant with a part 20 claim

4.What rate of interest am I likely to achieve having made a successful offer?

5.Proposed developments under part 36

6.Tips and traps for the unwary

 Fixed Recoverable Costs [2023]
Presented by Andrew McLoughlin

Wholesale revision of recoverable costs is set to be in play for October 2023.

This one-hour webinar covers the whole range of proposed changes for Fixed Recoverable Costs up to claims with a value of £100,000

Areas covered include: –

1.Types of cases covered by the new regime.

2.Different bands of costs for differing complexities.

3 The detail – what amount will I recover/be liable for at each stage in the process.

4.The likely backgrounds going forwards.

5.Your approach to tips and tactics in the new regime

6. Client retainer letters in the new landscape

Applications against Litigants in person [2023]

Presented by Helen Swaffield, Barrister and Head of Contract Law Chambers 

Essential new cases for the busy practitioner, this session brings to the delegate a selection of new cases and rule changes from the last 12 months.

Topics include:

• Who are litigants in person and their “friends”

• Application of the CPR to litigants in person

• Duties owed to litigants in person by lawyers

• New guidelines

• Abuse of process CPR 3.4

• No reasonable cause of action - nonsense

• Striking out their claim/defence

• Examples of abuse of process – repeated applications for the same thing

• Preventing relief from sanctions

• Costs orders against or by litigants in person

• Totally without merit orders, bans and CROs

• Practical tips in dealing with litigants in person

Keeping up with witness statements [2023] 

Presented by Helen Swaffield, Barrister and Head of Contract Law Chambers 

This session is a look at witness statements and the issues around them.

Topics include:

• The basics – CPR 32
  
• New rules on vulnerable witnesses and Protection orders
  
• Check the Court Guides
  
• Practical points in drafting successful witness statements - memory
  
• PD57 AC changes – certification and sanctions
  
• Best evidence principles: recollection, open/closed questions
  
• Illegally obtained evidence, opinion evidence and hearsay
  
• Conduct at trial
  
• Recent cases