Content by Jayne Adams KC

We are delighted to be holding our annual in-person half day Clinical Negligence Litigation Conference. This event will be held at NTU Events & Conferencing in the heart of Nottingham with facilities for those with disabilities and car parking nearby. Our expert barristers will share their insights on various issues relating to clinical negligence litigation…

An in-depth look at the circumstances in which care and case management is required, the principles to be applied in determining what is reasonably recoverable and the practical steps necessary to achieve the appropriate care regime. To view the recording of this webinar, please click here.

Presented by Jayne Adams QC and Tom Panton, this webinar covered employers’ liability for psychiatric injuries caused by work-related stress. It reviewed long-established principles in relation to foreseeability, duty of care, and breach of duty, analyse recent developments, and consider how the law in this complex and ever-changing area might cope with claims arising from the challenges of COVID19.…

The area of fatal accident claims is wide and occasionally very complicated. An understanding of the principles and the cases that historically have shaped the Court’s approach is necessary. It is an area in which once the statutory provision is understood, a ‘feel’ for what the Court will think appropriate in each fact-specific case is…

In an article originally published in the delegate pack for our Personal Injury Litigation Conference 2020, Jayne Adams QC outlines principles, tactics and calculations of ‘Fatal Accident Claims’. To read the full article, please click here.

Click to view the Supreme Court Judgment Handed Down in Zurich v Hayward PDF.