Legal & Medical Conference 2007

The Changing Landscape

Draft Programme

Download the draft programme here

8:30am Continental breakfast and registration
Exhibits open
9:15am Welcome
Tim Kevan, Barrister at 1 Temple Gardens and a director of CPD Webinars Ltd.
9:20am Keynote address
Mark Boleat, Head of Claims Management at the Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA)
Kindly sponsored by Mobile Doctors Ltd
10:00am John Pickering
European legislative changes; road traffic accidents; small claims limit
10:30am Tony Goff
The Compensation Act
11:00am tNetworking, exhibition and refreshments
11:30am Patrick Nee
The medical implications of low speed impacts in RTAs
12:15pm Breakout Sessions - choose 1 of 4 concurrent sessions
David Wilby QC
Cerebral Palsy and birth injury
Hugh Koch
The Interface between personal injury and employment legislation
Stuart Brown QC
Causation in clinical negligence:
the biggest hurdle. How does the
mesothelioma jurisprudence impact?
Amanda Ashton
CFA enforcement past, present & future
1:00pm Lunch kindly sponsored by Expert Witness
2:00pm Jeff Raizner
The difference between PI in the UK and USA
2:30pm Breakout Sessions - re-run of the above four sessions
3:15pm Refreshments and exhibitions
3:45pm Roger Bolt
Costs in relation to Myatt and Garrett
4:15pm Wollard Vs Fowler
Mobile Doctors, the agency at the centre of the case give their perspective
4:40pm Current Affairs Panel Session
Claims management regulation, recoverable costs, what does the future hold?
5:25pm Closing comments
Tim Kevan to close conference
5:30pm Conference Close

 

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