Manchester Messenger June 2017

10 Movers & Shakers
In its mission to resolve costs disputes and speed up
delays CADR appoints leading Manchester profit
improvement lawyer as Non-Executive Director
CADR has come a long
way in the last three years.
From a new start up in an
emerging market, now to
being the accepted standard
for costs mediations.
In the beginning, it was
hard to convince most costs
practitioners to accept that
there was a viable alternative
to the slow, expensive
and drawn out
detailed/provisional costs
assessment process but the
concept is now accepted as
a legitimate alternative solution.
The attitude of the judiciary,
in particular the Costs
Judges themselves, has
helped this forward thinking
move by penalising parties
for failing to engage in
ADR in a contentious Costs
environment.
New enquiries and in particular,
repeat business, means
that CADR’s respected mediators
are increasingly busy
across the UK.
Former leading Costs Judge
and now Costs Mediator,
Colin Campbell says, "When
I retired from the Senior
Courts Costs Office, I
thought that I would be skiing,
watching cricket or
writing for the Costs Law
Reports but from the start,
my life has been increasingly
involved with CADR."
CADR has aspirations for
continued expansion and to
assist the legal sector further
by increasing efficiencies
in costs disputes,
reducing the ‘costs of the
costs’, speeding up the cash
flow cycle and assisting in
freeing up working capital
for many law firms.
To achieve this, the Directors
of CADR are delighted
to appoint Manchester
Lawyer Lesley Graves to the
board as a Non-Executive
Director.
Lesley is a practising solicitor
and the managing director
of Citadel Law, based in
Manchester’s Spinningfields,
the only advisory law
firm focused on supporting
the personal injury sector.
Having advised on personal
injury WIP exceeding
£450M, Lesley is the leading
and trusted advisor on
profit improvement, technical
and operational performance
and WIP
valuation.
Lesley’s commitment to
supporting the personal injury
sector through unprecedented
change and
maximising profitability has
led to her being the leading
“go to” advisory lawyer in
her field dedicated to supporting
the industry.
"I am delighted to be joining
CADR at such an exciting
time. The traditional way
of resolving costs disputes is
no longer the only, or most
profitable, way. Litigation
practitioners face a different
world today than they did
five years ago. Resolving
costs quickly and cost effectively
is the bloodline of all
businesses and CADR leads
the way in supporting the
legal sector - which is perfectly
aligned and non conflicting
with the firms I
advise."
“It’s a natural step for CADR
for to take. We needed
Lesley Graves
someone to help us take
CADR to the next level and
Lesley fits the bill perfectly"
says Nicholas Clark, Director,
CADR. He points out "Dramatic
change is set for October
2017. Those wishing
to avoid the mandatory requirement
for the use of the
new electronic Bill of Costs
and the ongoing uncertainty
over proportionality
will find CADR an attractive
solution; let alone those already
attempting to avoid
significant delays in a
stretched Court system and
increased Court fees. Together,
with Lesley, and
through engaging with our
clientele, we remain committed
in providing a useful
and efficient alternative to
the Court process.”
CADR’s commitment to provide
an outcome for all parties
in litigation that is
prompt, certain and positive
- with key performance
indicators that provide
commercial and expedient
outcomes - is top of their
agenda.
The deadline for the July edition of
The Messenger is 15th June
Kain Knight joins forces with Nick McDonnell to
expand into the North and Midlands
Independent firm of costs
lawyers, Kain Knight, have
expanded beyond the
South of England with the
appointment of Nick Mc-
Donnell as a Director of
Kain Knight (North & Midlands)
Ltd, the newest
part of the Kain Knight
group.
Kain Knight, the longest established
independent firm
of Costs Lawyers are known
predominantly in the South
of England for their expertise
in the field of costs litigation.
Nick McDonnell is a
Costs Lawyer with over 18
years of costs experience.
He has spent the last 11 of
those years with a firm of
costs specialist solicitors
and a number of those
years as a Director.
Nick graduated from Cambridge
University in 1998
and subsequently went into
the law practicing civil litigation
with a solicitors’ firm
in Lancashire where he also
took up an interest in costs.
Since then, Nick has become
an expert in his field
conducting high value and
complex costs matters as
well as delivering technical
and practical training to
firms of solicitors throughout
England and Wales.
Nick continues to handle a
complex caseload, with an
emphasis on Commercial,
Intellectual Property, Civil
and Catastrophic Injury litigation,
including costs management
& budgeting,
detailed assessment proceedings,
as well as conducting
appeals up to the
Court of Appeal and assessments
pursuant to the Solicitors
Act 1974. Nick also has
extensive experience as an
advocate at costs hearings
(even appearing in the
Court of Appeal before Lord
Justice Jackson) and is a
qualified mediator.
“There’s little doubt Kain
Knight are a market leader
in the field of costs litigation
services,” said Nick.
“They have a fantastic reputation
of excellence. However,
that is a reputation
largely known in the South
of England. I am thrilled to
be working with such a big
name in the costs industry
and to bring my own skills
and experience to the table
to establish that same reputation
in the North and the
Midlands.”
Matthew Kain, Manging Director
of Kain Knight
said:“We are delighted to
welcome Nick McDonnell to
Nick McDonnell
the Kain Knight group. Nick
comes with a fantastic reputation
in providing legal
costs services in the North
and the Midlands and we
are very excited to be working
with him to continue to
establish Kain Knight’s reputation
throughout the rest
of England and Wales. We
see a great deal of potential
in the North and Midlands
and will continue to make
significant investment in
human resources, technology,
marketing and business
development to
establish our business in
that region.”
Kain Knight (North & Midlands)
Ltd commenced trading
on 1 May 2017.
St Johns Buildings shortlisted for The Lawyer
Awards 2017
Manchester Chambers, St
Johns Buildings have
been shortlisted in ‘The
Lawyer’ Awards 2017.
They have been shorlisted
in the Chambers of the Year
category and Sally Harrison
QC is shortlisted for Barrister
of the Year.
The awards ceremony will
take place on 27 June at the
Grosvenor House Hotel in
London.
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