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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. Made a claim on your insurance and want to improve your risk profile before PII renewal? Want to grow your practice? Looking to improve operational performance? Implementing Lexcel can help achieve this, and much more. To discuss the benefits Lexcel can bring to your practice call Tracy Thompson on 07702 040784 or email tt@tracythompsonassociates.co.uk www.tracythompsonassociates.co.uk Sally Harrison QC LEXCEL CONSULTANCY * BUSINESS PLANNING * RISK & COMPLIANCE SERVICES * MARKETING STRATEGY * INTERNAL AUDITING * AWARD/TENDER/PII APPLICATION ASSSISTANCE
High Flying Women News 11 Around September last year I was researching an article I was writing about the lack of women leaders in law firms for my business’ newsletter when I came across a quote written by Lady Barbara Judge: “Sometimes it takes a woman to open the door so that another woman would walk through it.” Yes it is a powerful quote, but because I have only ever worked in my small family business, at that moment in time I didn’t fully appreciate just how powerful it was - until I started talking to professional women specifically about it. The trends in what these women were saying were not encouraging. For whatever reason, there seemed to be a disconnect, not just between women and their female peers, but also between women and their female employers. That’s when I realised that women would never hold 50% of leadership roles if we did not change this. And so High Flying Women was born. The goal - to connect women and collectively open as many doors for each other as we can. So instead of one or two women trickling down the leadership pipeline as is happening currently, we can flood the leadership pipeline with women. I know that this is no simple task, therefore High Flying Women is a membership, a long term initiative with collaboration as the focus. Members will get out of it as much as they give. We want to inspire each other, to push each other, to help each other as much as we can to maximise our potential. To be initiated into the group, one must attend a High Flying Women event. Our events consist of both skill development workshops to address barriers in the workplace and more social events with relationship building as the focus. Developing meaningful connections is the priority. To take advantage of the amazing calibre of women we do have in the network, we also offer a formal mentoring scheme and have private online platforms so our members can carry on networking following events. We had our first event at the end of March. It was a workshop with ‘Work-Life Balance’ as the focus. It was an extremely inspirational event and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. The challenge of Work-Life Balance is something that will affect us all, especially when traditionally, women put more hours in at home. For many professional women this is a significant barrier, which is why it is so important they have a place where they can talk about it and learn from others in a judgment-free setting. Networking with my High Flying Women has taught me the true meaning of a barrier - for the most part, I don’t think a lot of us realise that a barrier exists until suddenly it isn’t there anymore and we see how much progress we can truly make in both in our professional and personal lives without them. One example for me is the barrier of Confidence and Imposter Syndrome and it has only been recently with the support of my High Flying Women that I have been able to glimpse what life looks like for me without this barrier. The support, sense of community and focus on skill development I get through High Flying Women has allowed me to identify the subconscious decisions I make to not do something out of fear, so now I can consciously isolate these moments, these barriers, and take a sledge hammer to them. High Flying Women itself is growing at an astronomical rate - I almost can’t keep up! Our next event (7th of June) which is focusing on Confidence and Imposter Syndrome was 60% full after 20 minutes of releasing the invitations. We now have women signing up from across 53 different sectors and industries. Now I am looking for support from businesses, long term sponsors to help me drive High Flying Women’s growth geographically. I would encourage any woman who this has resonated with to get in touch with me. High Flying Women supports the career development of women so that we can flood the leadership pipeline with women in our life times and so that will be paid equally for doing so. Bethan Jepson Email: bethan.jepson@jepsonholt.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethan-jepson/ Twitter @BethanJepson www.facebook.com/HighFlyingWomen What makes a good landing page? Reaching the older customer online Many legal services providers will be aiming to target the over 60s. From wills and probate to wealth planning and conveyancing, this can be a fruitful market. Some may assume this audience will be mostly offline – but these days, that’s just not true. Research suggests retirees can be just as digitally active as other audience segments, and could therefore be included in your online marketing strategy. How many are online? 2016 research from the ONS found 88% of 55-64 year olds and 74% of 65 to 74 year olds had used the internet recently. The figure is lower for over 75s at 33%, but there has also been growth here since 2015. Facebook’s audience insights tool shows around 10% of all its UK users are 55-64, and 8% are 65+, which is around 6 million people. What are they doing? Ofcom’s 2016 media use report reveals what this audience is doing online. As might be expected, Facebook is by far the most popular social network for over 55s, with 88% saying this is their main profile and 70% visiting at least daily. Clearly organic and paid campaigns on Facebook could be a great way to reach them. They’re also reading the news (around a third do so weekly), looking for information and advice, and over 80% have used a search engine - all great opportunities to be noticed. Email will also be an effective channel, with around two thirds of over 55s sending or receiving emails each week. Meanwhile video content could also be considered, as YouTube reports that time spent watching videos by over 55s almost tripled from 2015 to 2016. Impact on your strategy This audience is also likely to be more suspicious of websites and marketing, with Ofcom finding them the most likely to say they are ‘not confident in staying safe online’. They may therefore require more trust symbols before entering their details, or might respond better to content-led marketing over direct advertising. Offering larger font options and having a clear navigation and intuitive user experience could also be helpful. However, overall reaching the over 60s online is not so different and is by no means impossible – so it would be a shame to ignore this large and growing audience.
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