Morning programme - Open to both APIL members and non-members (8am - 12noon)

We are honoured to welcome The Right Honourable Lord Justice Birss to the Marriott Regents Park Hotel, London to give the keynote address at this exclusive in-person event. 

A number of highly regarded key stakeholders will also join the platform to discuss the theory of fixed costs, how the Fixed Recoverable Costs Regime will work and what the future holds.  

8am          Keynote address by The Right Honourable Lord Justice Birss

8.30am     Refreshments

9.00am     Panel session: Fixed costs principles

                    - Chair: John McQuater, APIL EC Member, Switalskis Solicitors

                    - Panellists: Nicholas Bacon KC, 4 New Square Chambers

                     - Nicola Critchley, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

                     -  His Honour Chris Lethem, Solicitor and Former Circuit Judge, London

10.05am    Panel session: The impact of extended fixed costs for claimants and defendants

                     - Chair: Jonathan Scarsbrook, Immediate Past APIL President, Irwin Mitchell LLP

                      - Panellists: Richard Baker, APIL EC Member, Barrister, 7BR, London

                      - Howard Dean, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

                     - Nick McDonnell, Director and Costs Lawyer, Kain Knight, Manchester

11.10am    Panel session: The future

                    - Chair: John McQuater, APIL EC Member, Switalskis Solicitors

                   - Panellists: Masood Ahmed, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Leicester

                   - His Honour Judge Nigel Bird, Designated Civil Judge, Senior Circuit Judge, Manchester

                  - Brett Dixon, APIL Secretary, Scott Moncrieff & Associates

                  - Frances McCarthy, Trust Mediation Ltd

12noon    Networking lunch

Afternoon session - APIL members only (1pm - 4.15pm):

APIL members are also invited to book the afternoon training session, which is a practical session - run by Brett Dixon and John McQuater - offering vital tips and tactics on how to deal with the new regime.  

Please click below to see details of the afternoon session - APIL members only:

https://www.apil.org.uk//training/tactics-and-the-new-fixed-recoverable-costs-regime-half-day-event-afternoon-session