Personal Injury Conference 2012 ACCREDITED BY APIL TRAINING

Event Details

Course Code: S2746
Speaker: Chair: A Gore
Specialisations: Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Conferences, APIL,
Venue: The Crowne Plaza, St Nicholas Place, Princes Dock, Liverpool, L3 1QW
CPD hours: 5.5 hours
Date: Wednesday, 20 June, 2012
Time: 09:30 - 16:45

Members Price: £199
Non Members Price: £249

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Event Description

Also accredited by APIL Training for 5.5cpd - intermediate, advanced & update level

9.00 – 9.15 Registration & refreshments

9.30 – 9.35 Chairpersons Introduction ~ Judge A Gore

9.35 – 10.20 Limitation of Claims: getting it right ~ Simon Butler

· The test of knowledge following MOD v AB and others [2012]

· Medical records and limitation following Charnock v Rowan [2012]

· Applying for an extension of time

· Pleading limitation issues and using CPR rules to narrow the dispute

10.20 – 11.05 Brain Injuries: General Awareness ~ Paul May

· Major trauma care in the UK

· Radical re-organisation of trauma services

· Recent updates on brain injury care

11.05 – 11.20 Refreshment Break

11.20 - 12.00 Parallel Sessions

A Soft tissue neck and back injuries: what people complain of and why - from tinnitus to memory loss ~ Dr. Andre Brittain-Dissont

· Current controversy over causation and prognosis - an update on the literature

· Malingering, exaggeration and overlay - explaining distraction tests, their uses and abuses

B Update on MIB Issues~ David Holt

· Overview of MIB's role and liability

· Recent case law

· European developments including Rome II

12.00 – 12.45 Costs Update ~ Professor Dominic Regan

· Children and costs in small claims

· When does interest on costs accrue?

· Part 36 – yet more decisions

12.45 – 1.45 Lunch

1.45 – 2.45 Latest Jackson changes ~ Professor Dominic Regan

· What will happen when?

· Top tips to cope with change

· The new part 36 rewards

2.45 – 3.25 Parallel Sessions 2

C Credit Hire ~ Craig Budsworth

· How has the landscape changed since the decision in Bent?

· Impecuniousity and it's relevance

· Will the OFT impact on recoverable hire rates?

D Medicolegal Aspects of Chronic Pain Medicine: An introduction for Lawyers ~ Dr John Valentine
Specific syndromes, chronic pain after medically significant and medically minor injury

· The biopsychosocial model of pain

· Pain-related disability

· Reliability and exaggeration issues

· Clinical management pathways

· Issues of prognosis and future employment

3.25 – 3.40 Refreshment Break

3.40 – 4.20 Portal Extentions: Who Benefits? ~ David Johnson & Matthew Stockwell

· The potential benefits for claimants, defendants, consumers and businesses

· Devil in the detail: how can we leverage the success of the current Motor scheme?

· The Bigger Picture: how will the proposed extensions sit within the wider reform jigsaw?

· Implications for complex cases

· A rush to reform?

· The legal landscape

4.20 – 4.30 Chair summary & close

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