LAW2025 Online: Civil Litigation
Webinar Details
Available from 14th May 2025
Expires after 90 days
David Amos and Andrew McLoughlin
CPD Hours: 6
£149.00
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This event, launches on 14th May 2025 and includes:
- High quality 4 x 1 hour pre-recorded videos and audio broadcast (topic titles are listed below)
- Q&A – our “Shape The Debate” Q&A session with our leading experts, providing an opportunity to hear our experts answering questions on both the recorded content and general day to day Civil Litigation issues.
- LAW2025 Civil Litigation Online Exhibition – a chance to gain an additional hour of CPD, via a webinar of choice from our Webinar Learning Library worth £35 +VAT.
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Topics include
Relief From Sanctions
Presented by David Amos.
Whilst the core principles of the law relating to applications for relief from sanctions are largely settled, questions of when and how the law should be applied are still being considered by the courts. This webinar will review the recent case law to provide insight into how the court’s view such applications and thus how to effectively to prepare for them.
The webinar will also consider some of the related case law on how case management decisions are dealt with on appeal.
Indicative content:
- When should a relief from sanctions application be made?
- When the court has discretion to grant relief from sanctions
- How the courts approach and apply the Denton test to include
- What is considered to be a good reason for the default occurring
- Factors the court might take into account when considering all the circumstances of the case
The manner in which the courts will consider appeals against case management decisions more generally, particularly when arguments are raised about the merits of the case as a whole.
Privilege
Presented by David Amos.
In the wake of the Post Office Inquiry, reforms have been proposed to the nature of legal professional privilege and the manner in which it should be dealt with by the courts. The SRA has also recently issued guidance to in house solicitors on legal professional privilege and the specific issues that they might face when dealing with it.
This webinar will consider the core principles of legal professional privilege and other forms of privilege for all lawyers. It will look at how these principles operate in practice and will review some of the recent case law dealing with the extent of privilege and the possible exceptions to it.
Indicative content:
- The different categories of privilege
- When privilege can be claimed
- What documents/information are covered by legal advice privilege
- The nature of dominant purpose and dealing with documents with a dual purpose
- The extent of litigation privilege
- Privilege and non – parties
- Waiving privilege
- The iniquity exception
Civil Procedure – the new rules, the changes and developments in the case law – the last 12 months.
Presented by Andrew McLoughlin.
This webinar will look at the procedural rule changes that have occurred in the last 12 months and will seek to put those rule changes into a proper perspective on the current civil litigation landscape.
Topics will include:
- Developments under part 36.
- Case law and changes in approach to part 35.
- Ongoing problems with service of claim forms.
- The updated approach to costs and case management conferences in the multitrack.
- Costs cases-solicitor/client and part 44.
- Problems and solutions regarding witness statements.
- NDR after Churchill.
Fast track and intermediate track fixed recoverable costs – tips and traps-12 months on.
Presented by Andrew McLoughlin.
In the light of the changes made in October 2023 and onwards, this webinar will look in detail at the rules of practice and procedure governing allocation and banding in relation to both tracks.
There will be a full explanation as to how to reallocate a case and/or establishing a different band within track.
Additionally, there will be worked examples of how cases that have a non-monetary relief aspect are treated as well as considering the best way to protect your client’s interests in relation to either recovery of costs law limiting their exposure to costs
A review will take place in relation to any decided cases and/or guidance as to how to approach this relatively new regime.
The webinar will look at the further digitisation of the tracks effective 27 February 2025.
Worked examples will be explored as well as dealing with the practical impacts of part 36.
There will be a further example how to establish unreasonable behaviour under FRC principles.
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Testimonials
We have trialled the format at previous online conferences, and we are overwhelmed with the feedback we have received from making our face-to-face events possible online. Comments we have received so far include:
"The whole experience was valuable, and communication has been really first class" - General Advisor
"I wanted to say how much I valued receiving and sharing the Online webinar. I felt it was very helpful and very interesting for you to allow all legal practitioners to participate. Thank you for all the extra information and resources, I look forward to the next." - Solicitor in practice
"The world of law is in constant flux and the speakers update on recent developments will be extremely helpful going forward (as they ever are!)" - Solicitor/Director
"I have never attended a similar event but I definitely would again" - Partner
"A good way to access training at a time to suit you, the online course is as effective as attending in person." - Associate Solicitor