Simon Allen
Simon.Allen@kennedyslaw.com
+44 1142 532 001
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Simon is a senior associate, law costs draftsperson and a fully qualified Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, having qualified in 2009.
He possesses substantial experience in various areas of law and practiced as a claimant legal executive for numerous years, dealing predominantly with high value industrial disease cases. Simon currently deals with a variety of non-recovery cost cases, ranging from low value road traffic collisions, to high value non-professional indemnity cases, although with a special interest in disease cases. Simon is also a CEDR certified mediator.
Simon regularly prepares Precedent H budgets, Precedent R Budget Discussion Reports, in addition to attending Case and Costs Management Hearings. In light of Simon’s previous experience dealing with substantive actions, Simon is well equipped to attend hearings on the issue of both directions and costs management, which often removes the requirement for both a costs representative and Solicitor/Counsel to attend, therefore saving costs in the process.
Qualifications:
- Qualified Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives – date of qualification September 2009
- CEDR Certified Mediator from July 2024
Work highlights
- The Industrial Disease – Claim for both damages and costs defeated after an application was made to set aside the previous agreement on the basis of fraudulent misrepresentation and/or negligent misstatement. The Claimant repaid all damages and paid the Defendant’s costs in full.
- Data Protection Upon raising issues with the discrepancy between a without prejudice schedule and subsequently served formal Bill, and facing potential conduct allegations, the Claimant’s representative was forced to accept a vastly reduced offer which had previously been advanced in respect of costs.