Overview

This webinar provides a practical and up-to-date guide to case allocation in the new era of the fast track, intermediate track and multi-track. With significant procedural reform now in force, early and accurate allocation is essential for proportional case management, effective advocacy, and improved client outcomes.

Delegates will be taken through the key rules, strategic considerations and the likely forensic approach judges and parties will adopt when deciding allocation. The session examines how value, admissions, offers and interim payments affect track decisions, and explains how to prepare persuasive statements of case, case summaries and skeleton arguments to support your preferred allocation.

Learning outcomes

• Understand why correct allocation matters under the revised CPR framework.
• Apply the new allocation rules for the fast track, intermediate track and multi-track.
• Identify the likely “normal track” for different claim types and values.
• Evaluate how courts will approach allocation in practice, including the forensic considerations.
• Assess the impact of value, admissions, offers and interim payments on track decisions.
• Prepare effective statements of case, case summaries and skeleton arguments to support allocation.
• Navigate re-allocation and assignment issues, including those specific to the fast and intermediate tracks.