Overview

This one-day conference will bring together litigation experts from the UK and Europe to discuss experiences and latest developments in the sector.

This year’s theme will centre on enforcement, as industry regulators eye UK corporates with ever-greater scrutiny. The new government will also create debate around new policies and their effects on UK courts, regulators and litigators. This year’s programme will allow attendees to hear from experts on issues of bribery, corruption and the future of financial regulation.

The conference will also offer the opportunity to hear more about the cost review
undertaken by Lord Justice Jackson, identifying which proposals from the landmark report will be implemented.

Programme highlights:

Keynote: A post election analysis – what does the future hold?

Panel discussion: Financial Services Act – the new law and the balance of power

Panel discussion and case study: The creeping criminalisation of corporate misconduct

Interactive focus groups
A. The future for litigation funding and fee structures
B. Litigation outsourcing – is there any work left for us?
C. London: the capital of dispute resolution?

Interactive focus groups
A. Legal services reform and what it means for the Bar
B. Cracking down on patent litigation
C. Competition law and follow-on damages claims
D. Wiki-litigation and the social media phenomenon

Panel discussion: ‘Disaster litigation’ – dealing with a large scale crisis in the current market

Keynote: Civil litigation costs – where are we now?

Closing remarks from the chairman, Lord Grabiner QC

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