Deductions from Damages and Life Post Settlement

Peak Costs and Stonegate Legal, are delighted to welcome you to a jointly hosted seminar bringing together practical insights from experienced Costs and Court of Protection practitioners. We aim to share our expertise to help Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Court of Protection teams navigate the increasingly complex costs landscape, optimise outcomes post-settlement and spot opportunities for greater collaborative working for the ultimate benefit of protected parties.

In this seminar, our speakers will cover:

• Ensuring compliance with the Civil Procedure Rules in respect of deductions from damages for Children and Protected Parties.
• Detailed assessment process and costs settlements.
• Looking at Success Fees.
• Recent Case Law update in relation to deductions from P's damages.
• Transition to deputyship when the litigation ends.
• Practical strategies for an effective transition.
• The financial deputy’s role.
• Optimising outcomes for P.
• The landmark case of Lumb v NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB [2024] EWCOP 57.
• Deputyship case studies.
• Delegation and efficiency without compromising on results for P.