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Programme 2009-2010

 

12 October

Litigation funding Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)

Macfarlanes,
London

26 October

Regulatory overload - recent regulatory reforms

Solicitors Sole Practitioner Group and Surrey Law Society

Clydesdale Bank, Richmond

28 November

Litigation funding and the Legal Services Act, 2007 Association of Law Costs Draftsmen (ALCD)

Herbert Smith,
London

23 February

Disclosure, IT and Courts administration

Civil Justice Section Annual Conference, Law Society, Chancery Lane

2 March Conflict, confidentiality and Litigation Privilege DAC, London

11 May

Costs assessment in 2010

CLT, London

12 May Hot topics in solicitors regulation Surrey Law Society Clydesdale Bank, Croydon

15 May

Costs plenary session Solicitors Sole Practitioner Group, Annual Conference, Ascot

30 June

ABS and regulation - coping and competing Law Society of England and Wales

Manchester

1 July

ABS and regulation - coping and competing

Law Society of England and Wales

Leeds

6 July ABS and regulation - coping and competing Law Society of England and Wales

Birmingham

7 July

ABS and regulation - coping and competing Law Society of England and Wales

Cardiff

Talks by GUISE

We regularly provide lectures or lead discussion groups for solicitors both in private practice and in house.  We lecture through commercial providers and provide courses tailor made to suit the needs of professional associations, in house departments or law firms.  

Previous delegates have commented in feedback:

"Delivery excellent on a difficult topic"

"Very engaging"

"Did well on a dry topic - they clearly know their subject"

"May I thank you most sincerely for delivering a very thought-provoking lecture today.  It was an extremely well attended lecture, and everyone I spoke to afterwards said how interesting and amusing they had found the talk." Henry Frydenson, Chairman, ACTAPS, Mishcon de Reya

At present lectures are available on the following themes: 

Compliance

  • Practical tips for managing an investigation by the SRA

  • Partnership – benefit vs burden

  • LLPs – avoiding the potholes

  • Defending SDT hearings

Risk management

  • Risk management for solicitors

  • Running a profitable litigation department

  • Ten things I need to know before I merge my firm

  • Salaried partnership - more trouble than it's worth?

Costs law

  • Costs law update

  • Estimates, costs caps and budgets – what does it all add up to?

  • Civil litigation funding

Managing litigation

  • Imagination in litigation –the state of the market for litigation services

  • Is there profit in conflict?

  • E-courts, e-justice, e-business

  • Coping with e-disclosure

  • Security for costs – the human rights perspective

In house/local government

  • Practising certificates and the in house lawyer

  • All you need to know about the new market for legal services

  • How to sell compliance to your Board during the credit crunch

If you cannot find a topic that matches your requirements we would be pleased to consider developing a specific course for your own firm or department.  Call 020 7264 0350 or send an email to info@guisesolicitors.co.uk

 

 

 

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