Fees - The Changing Landscape For Barristers

06/03/2020

Thursday 19 March

The charging of contingency fees is a vexed question for Australian lawyers. What does the future hold for barristers? Join the Bar Association’s Costs and Fees Committee, presenter David Stewart and chair, Mark Walsh SC on Thursday 19 March to find out the answers. The seminar will focus on:

• The recent evolution in the charging of contingency fees.
• The Uniform Law, in particular UL s183, proscribing contingency fees.
• The arguments around the charging of contingency fees including access to justice and the ethical obligations of barristers.
• Litigation funding and the recent decision in BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster & Anor [2019] HCA 45.
• Potential legislative changes in Victoria.
• Direct access briefing.
• The likely future for barristers with respect to charging contingency

Learn more here.

Registration is not required.