The David Hume Institute, as part of an ERSC grant on Negotiation in the Shadow of the Law, is running the above conference on the afternoon of 30^th May 2000.

 Speakers

 Brian Main, University of Edinburgh

Andy Park, University of Strathclyde:

"Cost Shifting Rules and Pre-Trial Settlement"

Neil Rickman University of Surrey

Paul Fenn, University of Nottingham

Alastair Gray, University of Oxford

"The Economics of Legal Discovery: theory and evidence

 Stella Yarrow, University of Westminster:

"Conditional Fees"

 Frank Stephen, University of Strathclyde:

"The Reform of Criminal Legal Aid in Scotland"

Notes to Editors:

The views expressed by the speakers do not commit the Trustees or Officers of the Institute in any way.