CLAN, the Commercial Litigation Association, is running a conference on 13 March with an emphasis on Alternative Dispute Resolution and costs.

Called Practical Challenges for Modern Commercial Litigators, it addresses issues including

• Litigation funding
• ADR: what the future holds
• Costs: the hot issues
• Fees, Billing and Value: Stop the clock?

Speakers include

• Randal Barker (Group Legal Director of Resolution plc)
• Sir Henry Brooke (former Vice-President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal)
• Sir Anthony Colman (formerly Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court)
• His Honour Michael Cook (former circuit judge and currently a consultant with Underwoods Solicitors)
• Pierre Gregoire (President of Lexfund Management Inc, Ontario)
• Karl Mackie (Chief Executive, CEDR)
• Christopher Warren-Smith (Fulbright & Jaworski International LLP)

The event is sponsored by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution CEDR, litigation services provider Trilantic, legal know-how provider Practical Law Company, after-the-event litigation insurer Law Assist and the Commerce & Industry Group.

The conference takes place at ICI Conference centre, 22 Berners Street, London W1P 4DD from 09:00 until 16:00. For further information about this conference please contact Mary Block on info@comlit.co.uk or 020 8883 1700

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