AvMA Clinical Negligence: Law Practice and Procedure (online event)

Develop your career in clinical negligence

​This is the course for those who are new to the specialist field of clinical negligence, and, for the first time, it is coming to you online! The event is especially suitable for trainee and newly qualified solicitors, paralegals, legal executives and medico-legal advisors. It will provide the fundamental knowledge necessary to develop a career in clinical negligence. Expert speakers with a wealth of experience will cover all stages of the investigative and litigation process relating to clinical negligence claims from the claimants’ perspective.

The format

The content will be released to delegates on 19 January, and you will have one week to watch 15 of the conference presentations before joining the online event live on the morning of Thursday 28 January to participate in two workshops and interact with the speakers and fellow delegates. Content will then be available for a further 30 days.

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PROGRAMME

• ALTERNATIVES TO LITIGATION
  LISA O’DWYER, Director Medico-Legal Services, AvMA
• THE LEGAL TEST FOR BREACH OF DUTY AND INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW ON NERVOUS SHOCK
  ANNA DIAMOND, Barrister, Kings Chambers
• CLIENTS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE
  CLARE STONEMAN, Partner, Enable Law
• FUNDING OF CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS
  RANKESHWAR BATTA, Partner, Anthony Collins Solicitors
• ASSESSING POTENTIAL NEW CLAIMS
  MARGUARITA TYNE, Partner, Clarke Willmott LLP
• NAVIGATING YOUR WAY THROUGH IMPORTANT SOURCES OF EVIDENCE
  JULIE HARDY, Partner, Barratts Solicitors
• SELECTING AND INSTRUCTING YOUR EXPERT
  ALISON BROOKS, Partner, Barratts Solicitors
• ANALYSING REPORTS
  CHRIS BRIGHT QC, Barrister, No. 5 Chambers
• DAMAGES – PART 1
  JANINE COLLIER, Partner, Tees Law
  JESSICA ELLIOTT, Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row
• DAMAGES – PART 2 (AN OVERVIEW)
  JANINE COLLIER, Partner, Tees Law
  JESSICA ELLIOTT, Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row
• CIVIL PROCEDURE – PRE-ISSUE
  JENNY URWIN, Partner, Fieldfisher
• CIVIL PROCEDURE – POST-ISSUE
  LAURA DALY, Associate Solicitor, Irwin Mitchell, Birmingham
• INTRODUCTION TO COSTS BUDGETING
  MICHELLE WALTON, Solicitor Advocate, PIC
• RESOLVING DISPUTES
  ANDREW HANNAM, Consultant with Enable Law and Mediator with Trust Mediation​
• FATAL CLAIMS
  LEANNE WOODS, Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row
• LEGAL UPDATE
  WILLIAM AUDLAND QC, Barrister, 12 King Bench Walk
  ELIZABETH BOULDEN, Barrister, 12 King Bench Walk​

Pre-recorded sessions released date: 19 January 2021
Live session date: 28 January 2021 from 9:30 am to 13:00
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