Date
February 27, 2025
COURSE DELIVERY
Online
START TIME
9.30am

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To secure a place, please contact us on 01 2933650 or email kellie@cmgtraining.com

A few words from our tutor on what you can expect from this course

Course Description

This one-day training course is designed as an essential guide for legal professionals to obtain the up to date relevant information on solicitors’ costs and key points to avoid making costly mistakes.

After this one-day course, you will leave with improved skills and knowledge regarding legal costs from a solicitor’s perspective, including party costs, fixed recoverable costs, barrister and expert fees, as well as client billing updates.

You also receive our full tutorial pack which will allow you to refer to your course notes after the course is finished, enabling you to continue to access key points and refresher topics as you need them.

Course Content

  • Legal Services Act 2015
  • Importance of Section 150 Notice and updates of the same
  • Defining Legal Costs
  • Solicitor client taxations
  • The Legal Costs adjudication process
  • Solicitor and own client costs and billing
  • Party and party costs
  • Maintaining time records
  • Recording of the outlay and external fees carried by the firm
  • Third party litigation, funding and costs
  • Reimbursement of costs if a claim is successful solicitor client costs and party and party costs
  • Maintenance and champerty
  • Bill of Costs - key points you need to note - a step by step guide
  • Mediation in a legal cost setting

Who Should Attend?

This course is aimed at those in the legal professions, solicitors, barristers, consultants, cost experts. Those in government and semi state bodies who wish to enhance their current knowledge and skills in legal costs.

Certification

On completion of this one-day training course, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. Please note certificates are issued at the close of the training course to participants on completion of the course.

This course may qualify for CPD points. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award.

Cost

An ‘Early Bird’ discounted rate of €495 is currently available. This training course normal rate is €595. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY BIRD RATE CLOSES 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO COURSE DATE. The course cost includes all course documentation and Certificate of Attendance.

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