Litigation Drafting - A Comprehensive Guide

This is a workshop course which provides the delegate with tuition through worked examples to improve drafting skills. It aims to increase your confidence in pleading statements of case and other documents for court.

• Endorsing the claim form - avoid the pitfalls of Nomura
• Statements of case - contract/tort/breach of statutory duty
• Identifying the cause of action and avoiding abuse of process
• Defences and tactical drafting
• Part 20 claims
• Requests for Further Information - are they an own goal?
• Admissions: recent changes on when to use them
• Amendments: do's and don'ts
• Drafting witness statements - tips and traps
• Skeleton arguments demystified

Course Dates

11/10/2012 Manchester	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information
12/10/2012 Leeds	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information
15/10/2012 Birmingham	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information
16/10/2012 London	09:30 - 17:00 Venue Information

Philip Barlow 
,MB, ChB, MA, is a qualified doctor, barrister and solicitor. He has 15 years civil litigation experience managing a team of litigators, specialises in clinical negligence and is currently a partner in LawSolve LLP.