Kerry Underwood

Senior partner , Underwoods Solicitors

Solicitor since 1981. Former Employment Tribunal Judge. Leading expert on conditional fees, funding, and fixed costs. Author of several books on these subjects. Writer and editor of Kerry On Costs, Regulation, Legal Systems And So Much More… Consultant to firms of solicitors, Commonwealth Governments, etc.

Testing times on the horizon

Fees remission changes pose a challenging test for both litigants and 'employment lawyers, says Michael Reed

The impossible rise of damages-based agreements

Expectations that costs budgeting will encourage damages-based agreements are unrealistic, says Kerry Underwood

Dead on arrival: nobody is interested in alternative business structures

Is the SRA's delay in getting ready for ABSs a clumsy oversight or a clever move accurately judging the mood of the public? asks Kerry Underwood

North-West: new ways of working

No large metropolises or giant law firms, but North West lawyers are ahead of the game on business development in the age of the Legal Services Act, says Jean-Yves Gilg

Month of the rat

From job applicants to potential clients, there always seems to be a link to a particular form of rodent, says Kerry Underwood

Word from the kopje

It's not just sunshine in South Africaâ€¦ Kerry Underwood remembers some of the wild times

Showing grievance

Rules and procedures in employment tribunals have become hugely baffling. Kerry Underwood and Elish McKee navigate the confusion

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