This online half day conference is very definitely NOT a repeat of the highly successful Clinical Negligence conference we held in 2020. It's a completely new conference with a panel of 8 speakers, including 5 QCs and covering a range of new and important subjects with a choice of topics for medical professionals and for lawyers, ranging from "Expert evidence: what you want from your experts?" through to an assessment of what acts break the chain of causation and changes to the test for breach of duty, This is the ideal opportunity to keep up to date with the latest developments and new twists on some  perennial problems.

The conference can be streamed live to your desktop, laptop or phone or you can watch the recording whenever you want. In either case you will receive a recording of the complete conference. If you book just one place, then up to 20 colleagues from the same organisation can participate completely free of change. 

The conference will be raising money for The Lee Spark Necrotising Fasciitis Foundation (see more below).

Who should attend? 

The conference will appeal to solicitors, barristers, medical professionals, expert witnesses, NHS Trusts and Private Health Providers, insurers and associations

Topics

• Expert evidence: what you want from your experts?
• Montgomery on the Labour Ward – what does it mean?
• Pitfalls in Respiratory Medicine
• Breaking the chain of causation “When is an actus a novus actus?”
• Changes to the test for breach of duty
• A Case Law Update: extracting the practical implications
• Misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis

Plus you have the choice of attending break-out sessions on either:

• Report Writing: In pursuit of perfection! AND
• The Expert in Court: Top Tips  

• Recent developments on compensation for special accommodation, AND
• Money: Funding and Settlement negotiation

Speakers include:

Alex Hutton QC, Hailsham Chambers

Dr Simon Fox QC, Serjeants Inn

John de Bono QC, Serjeants Inn

Ben Collins QC, Old Square Chambers

Simeon Maskrey QC, 7BR

Professor Howard Branley, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Expert Witness

Nicola Heales Head of Personal Injury and Medical Negligence, Bevirs Law

Giles Eyre, Associate Member of 9 Gough Chambers and medical expert witness trainer

Price: £210. Please note: this is a per organisation price, so you and up to 20 of your colleagues can participate at no extra cost, even if they are viewing it from a different location. You can participate in the conference live or watch the recorded version whenever you want. In each case you will receive a recording of the complete conference after the event.

Speakers details:
Speakers details:
Alexander Hutton QC, Hailsham Chambers

Alex’s practice is focused in two fields: clinical negligence, for claimants and defendants, and all aspects of costs law. In both these fields, he is recommended in the highest band of leading silks in the directories and acts in connection with a range of clinical negligence cases. He is currently instructed in many of the cases with the gravest injuries, highest values and most complex cases for either claimants or defendants. He has a particular reputation for dealing with complex medical issues, his cross-examination of medical experts and medical practitioners and his knowledge of costs issues which is invaluable in clinical negligence proceedings.

John de Bono QC, Serjeants Inn 

John is highly sought after by both claimants and defendants. He is well known as a leading practitioner in clinical negligence. He is regularly instructed in cases of the highest value. At any one time he is typically involved in upwards of 20 cerebral palsy claims, for both claimants and defendants. He has considerable experience of acquired brain injury in both children and adults; spinal cord injury; brachial plexus injury; amputations; and fatal cases, frequently those involving large dependency claims.

Ben Collins QC, Old Square Chambers

Ben is regularly instructed by both claimants and defendants in complex and high-value clinical negligence and personal injury claims. He has enormous experience in addressing medical issues and an in-depth understanding of the work of clinical professionals. Chambers & Partners says that Ben "impresses clients with his steely approach" and is "superbly efficient, thorough and practical." "He also inspires confidence when it comes to sensitive cases." His disciplinary practice involves representing practitioners and professional bodies in professional conduct proceedings before regulatory bodies such as the GMC, GDC and ARB 

Simeon Maskrey QC, 7BR

Simeon is recognised as one of the country’s leading clinical negligence silks and is a Chambers and Partners star individual. He is commended for the relationships he builds with his lay and professional clients, his ability to absorb and distil large quantities of complex and technical medical information and for his cross-examination skills. His persuasiveness in Court has been noted by judges on numerous occasions. Solicitors comment on his approachability and informal style and lay clients on his manner and ability to explain complex issues. He is regularly instructed to act in cases emanating from international jurisdictions.

Dr Simon Fox QC, Serjeants' Inn Chambers

Simon is very much a clinical negligence specialist. He has a nationwide reputation for using his medical background and expertise to fight difficult and complex cases on breach and causation. Simon is a medically qualified specialist clinical negligence silk with 25 years’ experience. Simon trained, qualified and worked firstly as a doctor in the UK, New Zealand and Central Africa. His experience covered most areas of medicine and surgery and included accident and emergency medicine, neurosurgery and treating casualties from the Mozambique civil war. As a barrister he has specialised in clinical negligence and, in particular, in cases with difficult or complicated issues on breach and causation. He is one of the few barristers to have succeeded on a disputed material contribution causation argument at trial.

Nicola Heales, Bevirs Law

Nicola is a Consultant Solicitor and Head of Personal Injury and Medical Negligence. She has over 25 years experience in handling severe injury claims for both children and adults and has a particular interest in acquired brain injury, spinal injuries, rehabilitation and capacity. She is a Visiting Lecturer with Birmingham University and the University of Gloucestershire and is a Lay Member of the Medical Research and Ethics Committee for Wales.

Giles Eyre, Medical Expert Witness Trainer

Giles is an Associate Member of 9 Gough Chambers, London, and provides training and presents workshops for experts on providing effective court reports and evidence, and on medico-legal issues. He is co-author of Writing Medico-Legal Reports in Civil Claims – an essential guide (2nd edition 2015), and author of Clinical Practice and the Law – a legal primer (October 2018), both published by Professional Solutions Publishing (www.prosols.uk.com), and regularly writes articles on the subject. He blogs on issues relevant to court experts in civil claims – with particular but not exclusive relevance to medical experts - at www.medico-legalMinder.net.

About The Legal Training Consultancy

The Legal Training Consultancy is a full-service training consultancy with a large portfolio of in-house courses and trainers. You can find out more here: www.legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk. We have individually been responsible for putting together a vast number of law  related conferences, webinars, seminars, videos and e-learning modules from 1987 onwards. Altogether more than 1900. 

The Lee Spark NF Foundation

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is commonly known, rather inaccurately, as flesh-eating bug and is an extremely  serious and rare infection that results in the death of parts of the body's soft tissue. It typically has a sudden onset which spreads very rapidly with a mortality rate ranging from 20% to as high as 80%.

The mission of The Lee Spark Necrotising Fasciitis (NF) Foundation is:

- to help those whose lives have been affected by necrotising fasciitis and other severe streptococcal infections 

- to educate medical staff who are involved with investigating, diagnosing and treating NF.

- promote recognition of the early signs and symptoms of necrotising fasciitis and severe streptococcal infection

It was established in January 2000 by the mother of Lee Spark who lost her son to this terrible disease.

Why this charity?

In 2009, David Jacobs, of The Legal Training Consultancy contracted Necrotising Fasciitis, which led to multi-organ failure, toxic shock, sepsis and Steven Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. He was in intensive care in an induced coma for 14 days and at one stage was given a 5% chance of survival. To save his life his left arm was amputated to the shoulder. Without clinical negligence on the part of the hospital it was most likely that he would have suffered little lasting damage. The matter was settled out of court.

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