Seminar | Commercial Litigation

Litigation Forum: Hot Topics in a Cold Climate
Tuesday 29th April 2003
at 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8XF

The Litigation Department of SJ Berwin is holding a Breakfast Seminar covering the biggest issues in litigation in 2003.

Speakers
Tom Usher
Partner, EU & Competition Department
SJ Berwin

Tim Beale
Senior Assistant, Litigation Department
SJ Berwin

Robin Preston-Jones
Professional Support Lawyer, Litigation Department
SJ Berwin

Background

This seminar will look at:

• How you can claim damages for breach of EU law
• How new court rules will delay further the issue of proceedings
• The future for litigation funding

Programme
EU law

• claiming damages from private litigants for breach of EU law
• how a case being heard now may create new law

Litigation funding

• conditional fee agreements
• how much will they cost?
• what sort of cases are suitable?
• "After the Event" and other forms of insurance

Mandatory pre-action behaviour

• new court rules will delay claims
• how courts will sanction offenders
• what it will mean in practice

RSVP
For further information on this seminar please contact Nicci Maunsell on +44 (0)20 7533 2520 or by email nicci.maunsell@sjberwin.com

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