Getting Litigation Support Right in CoP Practice - The Professional Deputy’s Role

Introduction

Are you a Professional Deputy, or supporting one, involved in ongoing litigation? If so, you may be losing valuable time and money due to outdated or inaccurate time recording practices.

In this new virtual classroom seminar, you will learn how to avoid common pitfalls and ensure your time and effort translates into recoverable costs. With increasing delays in costs assessments, getting this right is more critical than ever.

The session will also equip you with practical tools and top tips, from retainer agreements to smarter time recording, so you can maximise cost recovery in every case.

Whether you are a deputy, case manager, or legal assistant supporting P’s affairs, or a PI/clinical negligence lawyer working alongside deputies, this session will provide essential insights for anyone handling complex, ongoing litigation.

Register today and turn best practice into billable time.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Navigate the key issues arising when a professional deputy supports ongoing litigation
• The importance of accurate time recording to secure full costs recovery
• Understand the various work types relating to litigation support work
• How to present files and steps required to ensure efficient recovery of costs
• How costs recovery works when a Professional Deputy is involved in litigation
• The latest best practices for providing information and instructions to litigators
• Unreported case law and real-world decisions from the SCCO shaping current expectations
• Exclusive guidance and updates from the Professional Deputies Forum

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.