Date: 10 October 2024

Starts: 9:15 am

Ends: 4:05 pm

Venue: Bristol Beacon, Trenchard St, Bristol BS1 5AR

Location: Bristol

Cost: £130 + VAT

CPD Points: 4.5

Our annual Personal Injury conference returns on 10th October 2024 at the iconic Bristol Beacon, kindly sponsored by Kain Knight.

Our team of leading barristers and top experts in their field will be looking at issues arising in cases involving life-ending and life-shortening accidents. You will get the chance to hear from Ken Darzy, consultant in general internal medicine, diabetes & endocrinology on life expectancy estimation. You will also hear first-hand from leading experts Maggie Sargent (care and case management) and Susan Filson (physiotherapy), fresh from their key roles in last year’s most important brain injury case, C v Sheffield. Assistant Coroner for South Wales, Mr David Regan, will provide us with insight into the coronial process by way of a Q&A hosted by our barristers. At the end of the day, delegates will take part in a live legal debate and witness a mock interim payment application.

Who should attend?

This event is aimed primarily at experienced claimant and defendant fee-earners, but there will be something for everyone working in this challenging and ever-changing field.

Topics include:

  • Life expectancy estimation – methodology and pitfalls
    Ken Darzy MBChB, FRCP, MD, Consultant in General Internal Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Dealing with reduced life expectancy
    Matthew White, Head of Chambers & Rachel Segal, Barristers
  • Serious injury claims: Vulnerability and costs
    Nick McDonnell, Director and Costs Lawyer, Kain Knight
  • The role of the care and case management expert 2024
    Maggie Sargent, Maggie Sargent & Associates
  • The importance of maintaining, enhancing and enriching the lives of those catastrophically injured through physical therapy
    Susan Filson, Physiotherapy Consultant, SJ Filson & Associates
  • Coroner’s question time
    Louise Asprey & Lauren Karmel, Barristers, David Regan, Coroner in South Wales
  • How to formulate schedules in wrongful death claims, and how to defend them
    Justin Valentine, Beatrice Baskett, Julian Horne & Sophie Howard, Barristers
  • Mock interim payment application
    Andrew McLaughlin and James Hughes will argue the case before Civil Recorder Rachel Russell.

Please join us for a drinks reception afterwards – kindly sponsored by Head First.

Raffle:

The proceeds of this year’s conference charity raffle will go to Headway Bristol, helping survivors of brain injury live as independently as possible.

Exhibitors:

Come along and meet our exhibitors on the day: Head First, Medical & Legal Admin Services (MLAS), ProActive Prosthetics, Circle Case Management, Premex Group, ARAG,  Maggie Sargent & Associates and CHROMA

Cost:

Early bird offer £130 + VAT until 1st August.

People

Andrew McLaughlin

Andrew McLaughlin

  • Call: 1993

Andrew McLaughlin is a leading barrister with a national practice in the fields of personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence. A member of St John’s Chambers for more than 20 years, he holds the position of Head...

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Matthew White

Matthew White

  • Call: 1997

Matthew White, Head of Chambers, specialises in personal injury litigation. He is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers UK and Tier 1 in The Legal 500 guide. He is described by clients as the “master of fine detail”...

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Julian Horne

Julian Horne

  • Call: 1998

Julian works in all aspects of personal injury law including employers’ and public liability, industrial disease, road traffic accidents (including fraud work), product liability, fatal accidents including inquests, and costs. He is more commonly instructed by defendants and...

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Justin Valentine

  • Call: 1999

Justin is Head of the Clinical Negligence team and ranked as a leading barrister in The Legal 500. He specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation acting almost exclusively for claimants. He is well regarded for his...

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Rachel Russell

Rachel Russell

  • Call: 2001

Rachel has over 20 years’ experience in dealing with personal injury cases, acting for both claimants and defendants. She has gained a reputation for her robust advocacy, well-reasoned but no nonsense approach to complicated issues, and her friendly manner...

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Louise Asprey

Louise Asprey

  • Call: 2007

Louise has many years of experience representing both claimants and defendants in personal injury and clinical negligence matters. She regularly deals with claims arising out of road traffic accidents and is experienced in dealing with claims brought under...

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James Marwick

James Marwick

  • Call: 2008

James is an experienced personal injury and clinical negligence barrister with sub-specialisms in costs and professional negligence.  He is ranked in The Legal 500 in costs (Tier 1), clinical negligence and personal injury. He acts for both claimants...

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Ben Handy

Ben Handy

  • Call: 2008

Ben is Deputy Head of Chambers’ Personal Injury Department, a mediator and part-time Crown Court judge. He is widely recognised for his “resourceful and highly adaptable” trial advocacy and “excellent advice on strategy” in relation to catastrophic injury...

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James Hughes

  • Call: 2011

James specialises in the following areas of work: Personal injury Clinical negligence Data protection James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner. He has extensive experience across the full spectrum of such work, including public and...

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Rachel Segal

Rachel Segal

  • Call: 2013

Rachel is ranked as a leading junior in The Legal 500 for both personal injury and clinical negligence. She enjoys working across the spectrum of clinical negligence and has a particular interest in cases involving delayed diagnosis of...

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Sophie Howard

  • Call: 2016

Sophie specialises in clinical negligence, personal injury and inquest work. She acts for claimants and defendants in a variety of personal injury cases including RTA claims, employer’s liability, occupier’s liability, fraud and credit hire. Sophie is an experienced...

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Lauren Karmel

  • Call: 2017

Lauren is ranked as a leading junior for clinical negligence in The Legal 500 2024 guide, and is a specialist clinical negligence and inquests barrister. She has a sub-specialism in professional regulation and fitness to practise matters. Lauren...

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Beatrice Baskett

  • Call: 2021

Beatrice is a barrister specialising in clinical negligence, personal injury and inquests. In clinical negligence Beatrice is instructed in a broad range of cases, including orthopaedic, delayed diagnosis, dental treatment and fatal accident claims. Her clinical negligence work...

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