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Kerry Underwood

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.

Articles

Testing times on the horizon
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Testing times on the horizon

Fees remission changes pose a challenging test for both litigants and 'employment lawyers, says Michael Reed
7 Jun 2013
The impossible rise of damages-based agreements
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The impossible rise of damages-based agreements

Expectations that costs budgeting will encourage damages-based agreements are unrealistic, says Kerry Underwood
31 May 2013
Dead on arrival: nobody is interested in alternative business structures
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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...
14 Nov 2011
North-West: new ways of working
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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...
9 Nov 2007
Month of the rat
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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
2 Nov 2007
Word from the kopje
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Word from the kopje

It's not just sunshine in South Africa… Kerry Underwood remembers some of the wild times
2 Mar 2007
Showing grievance
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Showing grievance

Rules and procedures in employment tribunals have become hugely baffling. Kerry Underwood and Elish McKee navigate the confusion
3 Nov 2006
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