The meteoric rise in the use of AI in the legal marketplace has taken many of us by surprise, not least in the field of costs and billing.
The billable hour has long since been regarded as an outmoded form of calculating our worth to clients yet it is still the benchmark that many of us use to formulate our bills. AI has now fundamentally underlined our need to rethink our billing practices.
Fixed fees and value billing is seen to be the way forward, but how do we sell that idea to clients?
As they can now do much of the drudge work themselves, they want to know what exactly, we are charging them for.
All staff with client contact.
This webinar is suitable for all levels
Delegates will learn:
- What the rules say about costs
- Solicitors (NCB) Remuneration Order 2009
- CPR R 44.4
- How we continue to get it wrong – the Ombudsman’s view
- The traditional models
- The immediate effect of AI on the client’s perception of our charging practices
- Chargeable hours vs ‘value billing’ (& other methods)
- Alternative methods of billing
- Fixed fees
- Contingency fees
- CFAs/DBAs
- Pro bono & CSR policies
- Percentages and commissions
- Benefits in kind
- Costs ‘creep’
This live webinar contains a 45-minute presentation from Trevor Hellawell, a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask any questions you'd like directly to Trevor. You can download your own copy of the presentation and resources to refer to during and after the live webinar.
You will be able to actively listen to the course and ask questions to the speaker.
This live webinar provides you with 1 hour of learning.
Attendees will receive a CPD certificate upon completion of this course.
The live webinar begins at 9:30am
The £69 +VAT price includes:
- 45-minutes of topical content
- 15-minute interactive Q&A
- Comprehensive lecture notes
- Digital CPD certificate
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Trevor Hellawell
Trevor Hellawell is a solicitor and legal training and management consultant working with major law firms, local law societies, many legal training providers and other clients. Until going freelance in 1999 he was a full time lecturer with the University of Law, ending his career as a Principal Lecturer at the York Branch. Until recently returning to the freelance arena, he was Head of Law Programmes at BPP.
Throughout his career, he has lectured extensively on the Accounts Rules, Professional Conduct, Management skills such as Client Care, Time Management and Appraisals, Financial Services matters, including Money Laundering, as well as mainstream academic law subjects. He was also, until recently, a Business Partner for the Brighter Law Group. He was formerly a member of the Law Society’s Planning and Environmental Law Committee and is the author of the Environmental Law Handbook, now in its seventh edition.
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