Course description
This virtual classroom seminar, presented by barrister Helen Swaffield, is aimed at in-house lawyers and will provide ideas and examples of how to manage and minimise litigation risk.
Helen will discuss minimising the risk of disputes, using the contract as a shield, popular forms of alternative dispute resolution, how to negotiate without giving in, and much more.
Helen is a commercial law specialist at Contract Law Chambers. She is the Editor of the Commercial Litigation Journal and a regular broadcaster and presenter. Be sure to tune in to benefit from her expertise on this topic.
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Training Course Content
This virtual classroom seminar is aimed at in-house lawyers and will provide ideas and examples of how to manage and minimise litigation risk.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
- Minimising the risk of disputes - internal organisation
- Using the contract as a shield - dispute resolution clauses, notice for convenience
- Popular forms of alternative dispute resolution
- How to negotiate without giving in
- Preliminary issues when a dispute arises
- Engaging external lawyers - beauty parades to updates on fees and strategy
- Case strategy
- Funding the litigation
- Disclosure
- Privilege
- Witness statements
- Trial preparation
- Case studies - debt collection in-house
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