Chair: Frank Maher (Legal Risk LLP)
Speakers: John Kunzler (Travelers) and
Julia Graham (DLA Piper UK)
The workshop (guided by experienced practitioners and using real examples) will consider:
The implications of the compulsory professional indemnity provisions on law firms including –
- The Solicitors Regulation Authority consultation on reforms
- Possible reductions in availability of cover
- Cost
- Liabilities for firms, partners and successor practices
- Implications for partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships and individual partners
- Practical issues to consider on dissolution of firms
Outcome: Delegates will be better able to:
- advise clients on the practical steps needed to minimise the occurrence and impact of professional indemnity issues in law firms, including those on merger or dissolution
- recognise problem areas where specialist insurance advice may be essential
to be held at: Macfarlanes LLP, 20 Cursitor Street, London EC4A 1LT at 5.45 p.m. for 6.00 p.m.