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18 - CMN - Contract Management and Negotiation Skills
CMN 147 - Litigation and Practice Skills
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMN 147 | 04 December 2023 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 15 January 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 19 February 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 25 March 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 29 April 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 03 June 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 08 July 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 12 August 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 16 September 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 21 October 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 25 November 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CMN 147 | 30 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
Course Description
The Litigation Training Course will help you to understand the risks, alternatives and the realities of the major stages of litigation. It follows a commercial case through the procedural stages and is accompanied by a related county court action. By working through case studies, you will understand both litigation and the operation of the Courts and Civil Procedure Rules. It will also help you to comply with the SRA’s required statement of legal knowledge.
As a transactional lawyer, or an aspiring one who requires training to fulfil the contentious element of a training contract, you will need to understand what happens when the contract you have drafted is subject to litigation.
As a legal tech specialist or a legal analyst, understanding your role within the context of this technical area of law is essential.
If you are a paralegal or supporting a litigation team in a central function, you will benefit from understanding the principles, stages and processes of litigation.
Course Objectives
- Provide an understanding of civil litigation practice
- Conduct civil litigation in first instance matters
- Discuss initiating a claim and pleadings
- Gather and present evidence and settlement and enforcement
- Prepare, and analyse client instructions
- Demonstrate effective communication skills individually and as part of a group.
- Collaborate and debate the issues in the course
Who Should Attend?
- Legal department senior consultant
- Legal Department managers
- Lawyers
- In house lawyers
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- The Courts and litigation
- The stages of litigation
- The role of a Solicitor and Barrister, costs and funding
- Meeting the prospective client
- Conduct requirements, objectives and expectations, the cause(s) of action, what information to obtain
- Pre-action steps including protocols, applications, letter of claim and issue analysis
Day 2
- Limitation, issue and service
- Particulars of Claim, Defence, Reply, Part 20 claims
- Allocation to track and Directions Questionnaire
- Case management
- Disclosure of documents
Day 3
- Methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution
- The ethos of Litigation as a last resort
- Mediation pros and cons
- Negotiation skills
Day 4
- Civil Evidence: common law rules of evidence and burden of proof
- Rules relating to witness statements
- Taking and drafting witness statements: potential pitfalls
- Experts’ reports, meetings and drafting questions to experts
Day 5
- Application for summary judgment and/or strike out of the claim (or part of it)
- Drafting a Skeleton Argument in support
- Preparing for the application
- Performing the application as a mock hearing
