Courses

2025 ZOOMINARS

Kerry is running at least 12 Zoominars in 2025. The following are confirmed so far

Deductions from Damages. Solicitors' Liens
Tuesday 4 March 2025 - Details

Fixed Recoverable Costs
Tuesday 11 March 2025 - Details

Part 36
Tuesday 18 March 2025 - Details

Costs Information and Costs Update to Clients and Estimates
Tuesday 25 March 2025 - Details

Retainers, Guideline Hourly Rates, Double Indemnity: Indemnity Principle. Indemnity Costs
Tuesday 1 April 2025 - Details

Discontinuance, Summary Judgement and Strike-out
Tuesday 6 May 2025 - Details

Costs Budgeting
Tuesday 13 May 2025 - Details

Qualified One-way Costs Shifting Including Fundamental Dishonesty
Tuesday 20 May 2025 - Details


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PREVIOUS COURSES

Fixed Recoverable Costs Extension Tour 2023

Kerry is the acknowledged expert on this subject and his first book on it - Fixed Costs - was published in 2004 and he advised Lord Justice Jackson extensively on this subject.

This lecture tour dealt with Civil Litigation and Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Cases including the Fixed Recoverable Costs Scheme for sub £25,000 Clinical Negligence cases coming in in April 2024.

The course included extensive electronic course material which can be a purchased at a cost of £150 plus VAT.

To purchase a copy of the course material please click here here.

In-House

These courses can be adapted and tailored to an in-house presentation. For further information, contact Kerry on kerry.underwood@lawabroad.co.uk

PREVIOUS ZOOMINARS


AUTUMN COSTS ZOOMINARS

TUESDAY: 24 SEPTEMBER, 1 OCTOBER, 8 OCTOBER AND 15 OCTOBER

Tuesday 24 September 2024: Fixed Recoverable Costs Update

  • Changes from 1 October 2024
  • The 171st Practice Direction Update
  • Fixed Costs for Costs Determination
  • Other CPR Amendments
  • Advocacy Fees for Late Settlement/Adjournment
  • Interim Injunctions Applications
  • Non-Party Costs Orders
  • VAT
  • Unanswered Questions
  • Case and News Updates

Tuesday 1 October 2024: Costs and Clients Update

  • Costs Budgeting
  • Costs Estimates
  • Costs Updates
  • Interim Statutory Bills
  • Deducting Costs from Clients Damages
  • Clients who die – what do you do about the retainer?
  • Case Law Updates

Tuesday 8 October 2024: Part 36 Update

  • Split Trials
  • Liabilities Offers and Causation
  • Non-Monetary Claims
  • Fixed Recoverable Costs Cases
  • Case Update

Tuesday 15 October 2024: General Costs Update Including:

  • Indemnity Costs
  • Conditional Fee Agreement Update
  • Former Solicitors Right to Costs on Change of Solicitor
  • Solicitors Act 1974 Challenges Update
  • Litigation Funding: Where Are We Now

£60 plus VAT for each Zoominar or £200 plus VAT for all four.

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AUTUMN EMPLOYMENT ZOOMINARS

WEDNESDAY: 9 OCTOBER, 16 OCTOBER

Wednesday 9 October 2024: Employment Contracts: Basics

This will be an overview of what MUST be included in your Employment Contract to ensure you are adhering to the law (especially if your Contracts haven’t been updated since April 2020!) and a brief look at some optional extras that you may want to include within your Employment Contracts to protect your Business or to incentivise your Staff.

  • Who needs a Contract
  • When should the Contract be given?
  • Does a Contract need to be signed?
  • What MUST be included?
  • Clauses that you may want to include (Recovery of Training Costs, Bonus, Private Medical Insurance, Car allowance, Post-Termination Restrictions)
  • The Consequences for not given the required information
    • Remedies that can be sought by an Employee

TAKE AWAY:

CHECKLIST of all the information that MUST be included within an Employment Contract

Wednesday 16 October 2024: Flexible Working Requests

Following the changes that came into force on 6 April 2024, we take a look at what the changes mean for Business Owners, what changes MUST be made to your internal Policies and Staff Handbook and how to deal with Flexible Working Requests.

  • Who can make a Flexible Working Request?
    • What has changed since 6 April 2024?
    • What does it mean to be a “Day One Right”?
  • What types of changes could a Flexible Working Request include?
  • Making a Flexible Working Request: the Requirements
  • How to deal with a Flexible Working Request
    • Consultation
    • Trial Periods
  • Accepting a Flexible Working Request
  • Refusing a Flexible Working Request

TAKE AWAY:

TEMPLATE Letter: Acknowledgment of Flexible Working Request and Invitation to a Meeting

£60 plus VAT for each Zoominar or £100 plus VAT for both.

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Kerry has also held previous Zoominars on the following subjects:

  • Fixed Costs Zoominars - January, March and May 2024
  • Part 36 Update - March 2023
  • Belsner and Karatysz Court of Appeal Decisions 2022 - November 2022
  • Civil Justice Council Costs Consultation - October 2022
  • Fixed Recoverable Costs Extension 3 April 2024 - Where are we? - October 2022