Costs and Billing: CPD Compulsory Units
Issues covered include: Retainer, Compliance, Uniform Law, Fixed fee, Disputes, Costs Recovery, Billing.
Description
Protect yourself and your practice by making sure that you have the right skills in your toolkit for this critically important area that is vital to a healthy lawyer/client relationship. Learn how to perfect your retainer and fee practices, improve costs recovery in litigation and fine tune your billing procedures through a practical and interactive workshop, all while earning your compulsory CPD units at the same time.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This seminar was recorded in VIC on 28 March 2019
Chair: Antoinette Austin, Head of the Costing Department, Slater and Gordon; Accredited Specialist in Costs Law
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Managing Compliance through the Retainer and Complying with the Uniform Law
- Disclose, disclose, disclose – then update and disclose again: Why is this so important?
- Management of estimates
- Traps and pitfalls including potential problems with fixed fee disclosure negotiation and settlement of solicitor/client disputes and managing client expectations: yes, it can be done
Presented by Sergey Sizenko, Legal Practitioner, Victorian Legal Cost Assessors
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Improving Costs Recovery in Litigation
- Managing litigation to improve potential for costs recovery
- Keeping effective records with cost recovery in mind
- Maintaining awareness of impacts on cost recovery
Presented by Debra Paver, Costs Lawyer; Accredited Specialist in Costs Law
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practice Management & Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Billing Practices in Your Firm
A Panel Discussion with:
Debra Paver, Costs Lawyer; Accredited Specialist in Costs Law
Sergey Sizenko, Legal Practitioner, Victorian Legal Cost Assessors
Cate Dealehr, Principal, Australian Legal Costing Group
Facilitated by: Antoinette Austin, Head of the Costing Department, Slater and Gordon; Accredited Specialist in Costs Law