Annual Personal Injury Event 2023
We are delighted to invite you to our Annual Personal Injury Event 2023.
“Adding Value”
This year we are delighted to be holding some of our training days in person however we still have a Zoom day for those not able to join us.
For days one and two Monday and Wednesday, the theme is “Adding Value” and will cover a range of talks from our Personal Injury team, with day 3 from more junior members of Exchange looking at lower value cases.
Please see the full programmes below for each day. You can attend as many of the days as you wish to.
We hope you are able to join us.
To book, please email the Seminars Team.
Programme
Day 1 – Monday 16th October, by Zoom
9:30-10:30 – Chris Gutteridge: Vulnerable Parties and the CPR: invoking the Overriding Objective and PD1A in case management of catastrophic injury claims
Chris Gutteridge will discuss the most recent amendments to the Overriding Objective which require the Courts to ensure vulnerable parties can ‘fully participate’ in proceedings and give their ‘best evidence’. Chris will consider the practical implications of PD1A and the decision in AXX (A protected party by his litigation friend XRE) v. Zajac [2022] EWHC 2463 as well as providing tips on how a severely injured claimant’s ‘vulnerability’ can be addressed within the process of case and costs management.
11:00-12:00 – Chris Allen: Schedules of Loss – how it can maximise damages and allow you to take charge of the litigation
12:30-13:30 – Matthew Stockwell: Effective Case Management and Cost Budgeting in High Value PI and CN Cases – an update and practical guide
Matthew will look at some of the more contentious aspects of case management in the context of high value claims, give real-world advice on getting budgets correct and approved first time, look at growing experience under the recent CPR changes and PD1A (vulnerable parties and witnesses), rehabilitation considering Hadley v Przybylo, and other traps, tips tactics.
14:00-15:00 – Sara Sutherland, Dr Jude Joughin (Child and Educational Psychologist) and Deeba Akram (Speech and Language therapist): Brain Injuries in Children
Our speakers will consider brain injuries in children:-
When should we assess? What does this assessment involve and what do we need to ensure a realistic picture of the future? Difficulties experienced by children from a SaLT and Education perspective and can we predict them? What about pre-existing conditions and can we determine what would have been? How do we ensure we have accounted for cultural diversity and how certain is our prognosis?
15:30-16:30 – Stuart McCracken: Catastrophic injury claims in the military – an introduction to the issues arising
Day 2 – Wednesday 18th October, Hybrid from Manchester Chambers or via Zoom
9:00-9:20 – Coffee and Registration
9:20-9:30 – Welcome
9:30-10:10 – Andrew Ward: Expert Evidence Following Muyepa -v- Ministry of Defence and Scarcliffe -v- Brampton Valley Group Ltd
10:10-10:50 – Paul Kirtley: Interim payments – Why does it seem so controversial, and how to make matters better
A review of law and practice on an important tool in the litigator’s armoury. Often treated as a nodding acquaintance but worthy of becoming a true friend.
10:50-11:05 – Coffee Break
11:05-11:45 – Chris Barnes KC: Statutory funding and meeting a claimant’s needs
11:45-12:25 – Matthew Stockwell: Planning, Organising, Maximising Accommodation Claims
Covering quantum calculations, how best to get someone out of rehab, temporary accommodation and into ILT or a permanent home, so you can asses care and cost properly.
12:25-13:00 – Lunch
13:00-13:40 – Simon Vaughan: High Value Loss of Income together with equipment claims
13:45-14:25 – Gerard Martin KC: Capacity in serious injury cases – common problems and how to solve them.
14:25–15:05 – Christian Taylor: High value care claims – case of ccc
15:05-15:15 – Questions
15:15 – Drinks
Day 3 – Thursday 19th October, in person in our Liverpool Chambers
9:00-9:20 – Coffee and Reg
9:20-9:30 – Welcome from Chris Barnes KC who will chair the event
9:30-10:15 – Trudi Moore and Caitlin Edwards: Witness Statements
This talk will cover a range of issues which can arise when drafting a witness statement, in low value matters through to the multi track. There will be advice on form and content, and how best to structure one which sets out the relevant detail persuasively. The talk will also cover issues which often arise when preparing a witness statement for a witness whose first language is not English.
10:15-11:00 – Tom Clarke: Complexity and the likely battleground of allocation: An overview of the fixed recoverable cost reforms and the introduction of the intermediate track.
11:00-11:45 – Brunch
11:45-12:30 – Chris Richards: Protecting yourself in claims involving minor limitations in capacity for employment
Chris looks at the best way to deal with personal injury claims where a Claimant has suffered from a fairly minor restriction in their employment. What should you be claiming? What evidence should you be obtaining? How can you slay the ‘prof neg’ dragon?
12:30-13:15 – David McCormick and Sonia Masaun: Taking over our roads, liability for accidents involving e-scooters
13:15-13:30 – Questions and Close
