Autumn 2009 Lecture Series.

The Reforms ten years on

Lord Woolf will give his views on the 1999 reforms and reflect on what has gone well and not so well over the last ten years.

Is Jackson on the right track?

Michael Zander of the London School of Economics will crystal gaze and consider what we can expect at the end of the day from Lord Justice Jackson's Final Report on Costs.

Controlling the beast- how to manage the media around a case.

Paul Cheston, Court Correspondent for the Evening Standard and Clare Rodway, Managing Director of Kysen PR, will look at how litigators can manage media interest around cases and ensure that court room success translates into column inches. They will address the impact of different types of cases on media strategy- the journalist's perspective and what makes a good story- classic routines and neat tactics- choosing the right spokesperson- how to use court documents without being in contempt, and how to target the right publications at the right time.

E-disclosure.

Master Stephen Whitaker, Senior Master of the Queen's Bench Division, will give his views on the core problems, cases and developments in e-disclosure, and the proposed new Practice Direction and Questionnaire.