Ropewalk Chambers will be holding our fourth conference in Lincoln on Thursday 25 September 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln.
Our team of expert barristers will be holding talks on various topics, including:
- Loss of Services Claims (Personal Injury and Fatal Accidents)
- Civil Actions Against the Police
- Occupiers’ Liability
- Claims Against Insolvent Defendants
- Evidence: Burdens of Proof, Benevolence and Adverse Inferences, Amongst Other Things
Registration will take place at 4:00pm, with talks commencing at 4:30pm. Talks are expected to end at approximately 7:20pm, followed by drinks and canapés.
In addition to our talks, this is an excellent opportunity to meet our team of barristers and network with fellow members of the local legal community.
The event is aimed at solicitors, legal executives, claims handlers, and case funders.
This event accrues CPD hours and is accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
Places are strictly limited, so early booking is recommended. If you would like to make a group booking, please email [email protected].
Programme
4 pm | Registration – 4th Floor Foyer
4:30 pm | Services Claims – SOTP or OTT – Aspen Suite
Speaker: Patrick Limb KC
- Old orthodoxies
- New approaches and case-law
- Sum of the parts
- Terminal illness claims
- Services dependency
- Defendants’ responses
5:00 pm | Civil Actions Against the Police – Aspen Suite
Speaker: Damian Powell
- Introduction and basic principles
- Funding and costs
- Grounds
- Trials
- Damages
5:30 pm | Occupiers’ Liability – Aspen Suite
Speaker: Georgina Cursham
- Danger due to the state of the premises?
- Liability for activities and things done or omitted to be done on the premises
- Inherent & obvious dangers
- Claimant’s own conduct & acceptance of risk
- Visitor or trespasser?
6:00 pm | Break – 4th Floor Foyer
6:20 pm | Claims Against Insolvent Defendants – Aspen Suite
Speaker: Jack McCracken
- Direct claims against insurers: common law
- The 1930 Act: does it still matter
- The 2010 Act: when and how does it work
- Policy coverage defences: new shoes new problems
- No insurance: blood from a stone
6:50 pm | Evidence: Burdens of Proof, Benevolence and Adverse Inferences, Amongst Other Things – Aspen Suite
Speaker: Thomas Herbert
- The Rhesa Shipping heresy
- Does res ipsa loquitur exist?
- Judicial benevolence
- Is Gestmin still good law?
- Adverse inferences
- Putting everything together – how to win (or lose) a case
7:20 pm | Drinks, canapés and networking – 4th Floor Foyer
