Course description
This virtual classroom seminar is aimed at those with a basic understanding of the financial remedy procedure who would like to develop their hands-on practical case management skills to ensure comprehensive case preparation and management to enable them to advise clients with confidence.
The session aims to equip junior lawyers up to 5 years PQE, trainees and paralegals with the confidence and practical skills to tackle the complexities of a financial remedy case. It is also suitable for returners to work who may need a confidence boosting refresher.
It is presented by the highly experienced and popular speaker Mercedes King-Jones, who has a wealth of expertise in representing high net worth clients in complex financial disputes on divorce and marriage breakdown.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This virtual classroom seminar is aimed at those with a basic understanding of the financial remedy procedure who would like to develop their hands-on practical case management skills to ensure comprehensive case preparation and management to enable them to advise clients with confidence.
The session aims to equip junior lawyers up to 5 years PQE, trainees and paralegals with the confidence and practical skills to tackle the complexities of a financial remedy case.
It is also suitable for returners to work who may need a confidence boosting refresher.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
- Getting it right from the start; the importance of the first interview
- Understanding scoping and pricing
- Managing the client’s expectations; costs, timescales and outcomes
- The statutory framework - s.25 of the MCA 1973
- Quantifying needs; the approach of the court to the discretionary exercise
- Key cases - an analysis of relevant case law
- Estimating costs, taking away the guesswork
- To issue or not - that is the question - the costs/risk analysis
- The essential toolkit and the vital importance of case planning
- Tricky preliminary issues - MPS and LSOs
- Drafting Form E - avoiding the pitfalls and pleading your case
- How to deal with disclosure of trust and business interests - avoiding the pitfalls
- Preparing for FDA and FDR - checklists at the ready
- Expert evidence and Part 25 what is the role of the expert and when can a shadow expert be justified?
- Understanding PD27A - non compliance at your peril
- Explaining the approach of the court to your clients
- Formulating your position from the outset
- Formulating offers, understanding net effect
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