This online half day conference is very definitely NOT a repeat of the highly successful and very popular previous Clinical Negligence conferences we have held over the last year. It's a completely new conference with a panel of 8 speakers, including 4 QCs and covering a selection of new and important subjects with a wide range of  topics, ranging from: an update on the tests for breach of duty through to Experts and conflict of interests, and Meadows v Khan – where are we now?

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 charge. 

Who should attend? 

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

Topics

• “Is Bolam dying ? An update on the tests for breach of duty”.
• A review of recent case law from March 2021
• Experts and conflict of interests
• Scope of duty in the light of Meadows v Khan – where are we now?
• Accommodation claims: moving Swift-ly on
• Covid related claims
• Secondary victim claims

Price: £225. 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.

Chair: 

Clodagh Bradley QC, 1 Crown Office Row

Speakers:

Alex Hutton QC, Hailsham Chambers 

Dr Simon Fox QC, Serjeants Inn

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

Richard Booth QC, 1 Crown Office Row

Charles Bagot QC, Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke)

Kara Loraine, Old Square Chambers

Aneurin Moloney, Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke)

Helena Drage, Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke)

Price: £225. 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.

Timetable (Subject to change)

1.30 Chair's Introduction - Clodagh Bradley QC, 1 Crown Office Row

1.40 A review of recent case law –Aneurin Moloney, Gatehouse Chambers

2.05 Experts and conflict of interests – Giles Eyre, Associate Member of 9 Gough Chambers and medical expert witness trainer

2.30 Scope of duty in the light of Meadows v Khan – where are we now? – Richard Booth QC, 1 Crown Office Row

2.55 Is Bolam dying ? An update on the tests for breach of duty - Dr Simon Fox QC, Serjeants Inn

3.20 Tea

3.35 Accommodation claims: moving Swift-ly on? - Charles Bagot QC, Gatehouse Chambers

4.00 Where are we on the Law on Consent to Medical Treatment? - Alexander Hutton QC, Hailsham Chambers

4.25 Secondary victim claims - Kara Loraine, Old Square Chambers

4.50 Panel Session: COVID related claims - Helena Drage, Gatehouse Chambers, Helen Mulholland, Kings Chambers

5.10 Questions and Concluding Remarks

Speakers details:

Clodagh Bradley QC, 1 Crown Office Row

Clodagh has specialised in clinical negligence, inquests and healthcare regulatory law for the last 25 years. Her clinical negligence practice on behalf of Claimants and Defendants focuses on the most complex and high value claims, often resulting in catastrophic life-changing or fatal injuries. Much of her work relates to high value birth injury claims, brain or spinal injuries, limb loss or sight loss or cases involving complex surgery and other treatments. She has long been recommended by the leading Legal Directories which this year highlight these strengths amongst others: she “is really clever and careful”, “She has a great eye for detail and is a magnificent advocate”, and she “Has an outstanding ability to get to the crux of a case quickly.”. Clodagh is current Chair of the Professional Negligence Bar Association. She has a keen interest in promoting diversity, inclusivity and wellbeing at the Bar.

Charles Bagot QC, Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke)

For more than a dozen years, Charles has been recommended in the legal directories as a leading practitioner. He took silk in 2018 and is a specialist barrister in the fields of personal injury, clinical negligence, civil procedure and related insurance issues. He sits as a Recorder (Crime & Civil) and as a Deputy Queen’s Bench Master and is an appointed panel member (and Chair) of the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal. Charles’ practice is in acting for Claimants and Defendants in complex and high value injury and clinical negligence claims as well as having a particular specialism in secondary victim litigation and fatal accident claims. He has advised major insurers in various high value cases being litigated in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and Gibraltar respectively. He has acted as an expert witness on English law in foreign jurisdictions. He is sought after by insurers for cases where fraud and exaggeration are suspected in high value injury and clinical negligence claims.

Richard Booth QC, 1 Crown Office Row

Richard is instructed in cases of the highest value and complexity, his clinical negligence practice is split approximately 50/50 between claimants and defendants. He has a particular expertise in high value clinical negligence claims arising out of a sporting context, involving doctors and physiotherapists. He is recognised as a ‘Leading Silk’ in Clinical Negligence and Professional Discipline by Chambers & Partners and is the current head of chambers at 1 Crown Office Row

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.

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.

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.

Aneurin Moloney, Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke)

Nye is an in-demand clinical negligence junior who has specialised in this area since being called to the bar. His practice is predominantly claimant based, although he is also regularly instructed on behalf of defendants, and in particular private medical practitioners. The complexity and value of claims within his caseload is beyond that typically seen at his level of call. He has particular expertise in claims arising out of delays in the diagnosis of cancer and the management of neurological emergencies. Nye also regularly appears at Coroners’ inquests, a number of which have been reported in local and national press.

Kara Loraine, Old Square Chambers

Kara undertakes a broad spectrum of clinical negligence work acting on behalf of Claimants and Defendants. She acts at all stages of a case, from inquest to final hearing, and brings a successful combination of effective advocacy and tactical awareness.  Kara has experience of a wide variety of claims including those involving delays in diagnosis and misdiagnosis, complex orthopaedic injuries and gastrointestinal injuries, hospital acquired infections, dental negligence and psychiatric illness (including somatoform and pain disorders). She is familiar with complex issues of liability and causation and is regularly involved in high-value claims involving experts in multiple disciplines. Prior to joining Old Square Chambers, Kara spent over a year in house with a large national firm of solicitors. She also lectured in tort and civil litigation at Northumbria University.

Helena Drage, Gatehouse Chambers (formerly Hardwicke) 

Helena is an experienced junior who specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury claims. As regards her clinical negligence practice, she has particular expertise in relation to dental care negligence, unnecessary procedures in relation to incorrect cancer diagnoses, and bariatric and colon surgical errors. Helena also has significant experience in public inquiry work.

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. 

Why Clinical Negligence Training is Important to The Legal Training Consultancy

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 and he was in hospital for 8 weeks. Clinical negligence was claimed on the part of the hospital and the matter was settled out of court.

Important Notes about Booking

1. If you are booking more than say 14 delegates, it is probably better to make two bookings of half the number of delegates each, starting with the paying delegate and then adding half the free delegates to that booking and then creating a new booking for the rest of the free delegates. The reason for this is that the booking platform time-out kicks in perhaps too quickly and you can lose all the information you inputted. Alternatively you can book your first delegate and send the names, job titles and email addresses of the additional delegates to us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk

2. Payment can be made by credit or debit card or alternatively by invoice. The option to pay by invoice is below the pay by card option in the booking form

3. If you have more than 20 delegates then extra delegates are £20 each. Contact us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk to arrange this

4. If you don't have the complete list of who will be attending you can book for those that you know will be attending and add the others at a later date

5. If you would like to submit questions in advance to the speakers please send them to info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk


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