Seminars

Annual PI Defence Webinar

Date

16/06/2022

Cost

Free

CPD

1 per talk

Venue

Zoom

Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th June 2022

We are delighted to invite you to our Annual PI Defence Webinar.

The event will be held over two days with a wide range of topical talks from members of our PI Defence team. The full programme can be seen below.

To reserve your place, email Jo Stapley.

 

Programme

Wednesday 15th June 2022

09:30 – 10:30 – Louis Browne QC – Considering Issues of Life Expectancy in High Value Personal Injury Claims

This talk will consider the types of claims in which life expectancy is an important issue, the expert evidence needed to address it and a suggested approach as to how best to utilise that evidence in Counter Schedules and JSMs

11:00 – 12:00 – Alice Dobbie – Exaggeration and Fraud: A tactical approach

This seminar will evaluate strategies in fraud cases, including how defendants’ varying objectives in different cases may affect the tactical approach. It will also address the issues which arise where the suspected fraud is subtle or only relates to a modest proportion of the pleaded case, and survey recent High Court authorities on this point

12:30 – 13:30 – David Sandiford – Secondary Victim Claims

David Sandiford will discuss secondary victim claims, providing a useful and pragmatic guide to the principles and case law in this often difficult and developing area of the law

14:00 – 15:00 – Andrew Ward – Provisional Damages in Catastrophic Injury Litigation

In this talk, Andrew will discuss the general principles of provisional damages; the strategic consideration for a Defendant of “buying off” provisional damages with an increased lump sum offer; and the specific issues arising in TBI cases concerning an increased risk of post-traumatic epilepsy and of dementia

15:30 – 16:30 – Helen Rutherford – Defending Holiday Illness and Injury Claims

Helen will discuss defending holiday illness and injury claims, with a spotlight on approaches to expert evidence on gastrointestinal illness and local standards

 

Thursday 16th June 2022

09:30 – 10:30 – Roger Hillman – Defending Occupiers Liability Claims

Roger will look at defending occupiers liability claims and a review of relevant caselaw

11:00 – 12:00 – Hedley Nield – Resiling from Admissions

Hedley will discuss resiling from admissions, focusing on interesting cases

12:30 – 13:30 – Pankaj Madan – Liability in Catastrophic Road Traffic Accidents

Pankaj will consider the principles and factors that determine both primary liability and the extent of contributory negligence in catastrophic road traffic accidents involving pedestrians. He will deal with whether it is possible to categorise types of accidents involving pedestrians to see whether there is a common theme which can assist a prediction of the result and some tips for Defendants who face such claims

14:00 – 15:00 – Catherine Knowles – Predicting the Future

How defendants should approach and assess a claim for future loss of earnings