Welcome – Clinical Negligence Litigation Conference 2024
Welcome to our Clinical Negligence Litigation Conference 2024. Whether this is your first time joining us or you are a regular delegate to our events, it is our pleasure to welcome you. We hope you find it a stimulating, useful and enjoyable event.
One of the things we pride ourselves on is being friendly and approachable. Questions are welcomed after each presentation or informally during the breaks.
Our barristers are on hand throughout the event to discuss any matter, whether featured on the programme or otherwise. Please do not hesitate to approach – we regard it as an integral part of our seminar. Our barristers will be wearing red lanyards.
We are also very interested in your feedback about the seminar and will send an online questionnaire for you to complete after the event. If there is a topic that you would like to see addressed in any future Conference, we would be particularly interested to know about it.
Thank you.
June 2024
Program
1:30pm to 2:00pm | Registration – Level 2 Foyer
2:00pm to 2:05pm | Introduction – Adams Room
2:05pm to 3:00pm | Material Contribution in Clinical Negligence Cases after Holmes | Jayne Adams KC & Thomas Herbert – Adams Room
- Divisible and indivisible injuries – what’s the difference and why does it matter to clinical negligence lawyers?
- The material contribution approach – when does it apply and how does it operate?
- Re-analysing some key clinical negligence decisions through the lens of Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd.
- Looking ahead – where is the law likely to go and what do clinical negligence lawyers need to look out for?
3:00pm to 3:45pm | Claims for Psychiatric Injury Arising From Hospital Treatment | Philip Turton – Adams Room
- Psychiatric Injury and Treatment
- Psychiatric Injury arising from Hospital Care
- Primary and Secondary Injury
- M’Loughlin, Hillsborough, Paul
- Structuring a Claim
- Strategy and Tactics
3:45pm to 4:15pm | Coffee Break – Level 2 Foyer
4:15pm to 5:15pm | Making the Most of Your Inquest: Advocates and Coroner’s Perspective | Shilpa Shah & Rachel Young – Adams Room
- Practical advice on handling an inquest and any PIR
- Understanding the rules and remit of an inquest
- How to identify likely issues, evidence, and witnesses
- Article 2 and medical negligence cases
- Why disclosure is a thorny issue and how to best approach it
- How to assist the Client effectively throughout
- Getting (and keeping) the Coroner on side
- Conclusions, including a rider of neglect
- Managing the risks, including publicity and Regulation 28 reports
5:15pm to 7pm | Canapés, Drinks & Networking – Bowden Room
Please note that the opinions expressed by the speakers in the course of any lecture or presentation given during the Conference are those of the individuals concerned and may not represent the view of Ropewalk Chambers as a whole. Every reasonable effort is made to ensure that the information and commentary contained within lectures or presentations and within the written materials provided is accurate and up to date, but no responsibility for accuracy and correctness, or for any consequences of relying on such information and/or commentary, is assumed by the speakers or by Ropewalk Chambers. The information and commentary do not, and are not intended to, amount to legal advice to any person, including but not limited to delegates attending the conference, either generally or in relation to any specific case or matter. You are expressly advised to obtain specific, personal advice about any individual case or matter and not rely on any information or commentary forming part of this Conference, either orally during lectures or presentations or within the written materials.