The Essential Injury Toolkit Conference for Junior Practitioners
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Date: 15 May 2025
Starts: 1:00 pm
Ends: 5:00 pm
Venue: We The Curious
Location: 1 Millennium Square, One Millennium Square, Anchor Rd, Bristol BS1 5DB
Cost: £35 + VAT / £25 +VAT for BJLD members
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Who Should Attend?
This event is primarily aimed for paralegals, trainees and newly qualified solicitors/CILEX.
The Essential Toolkit for Junior Practitioners is a half-day event aimed at equipping you with the tools and resources required working in personal injury and clinical negligence practice.
The outline of our event will follow the lifetime of a claim: from tactics, to pleadings, to quantum and, finally, costs. We will be focusing on two case studies throughout the afternoon: a personal injury employer’s liability claim and a clinical negligence claim arising from maternal injury sustained during childbirth.
Topics include:
- Litigation tactics , Lauren Karmel and David Forster
- The fundamentals of running a personal injury claim, Sophie Howard and Sarah Riley
- Considering the content of your Letter of Claim, Letter of Response and relevant experts to instruct in a clinical negligence claim, Rhodri Jones and Lauren Karmel
- Mock Hearing: costs and case management conference, Tara-Lynn Poole and Rhodri Jones
- The assessment of damages and principles of quantum, Beatrice Baskett and Sophie Howard
- Concluding your claim: settlement discussions, cost considerations and Part 36 consequences, David Forster and Sarah Riley
The event will be followed by a drinks and canapés networking reception, followed by a social event at Lanes 7 (for an additional £15), we hope you will be able to join us.
People

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...

Rhodri Jones
- Call: 2017
Rhodri’s practice is in personal injury. He specialises in clinical negligence and inquests. Before taking tenancy at St John’s, he practised as a medical doctor for 18 years gaining experience in a variety of specialities including A&E, ITU,...

Lauren Karmel
- Call: 2017
Lauren is ranked as a leading junior for clinical negligence and inquests in The Legal 500 2026 guide, and is a specialist clinical negligence and inquests barrister. She has a sub-specialism in professional regulation and fitness to practise...

David Forster
- Call: 2018
David is a specialist personal injury barrister who has a balanced practice acting for both claimants and defendants. His practice encompasses all aspects of personal injury and he is regularly instructed to advise on claims relating to RTAs,...

Tara-Lynn Poole
- Call: 2019
Tara-Lynn practises in personal injury, clinical negligence and costs. She is known for her meticulous approach, and has been praised for her in-depth knowledge of civil procedure. She takes a pragmatic and solution-focused approach to her cases and...

Beatrice Baskett
- Call: 2021
Beatrice is a barrister specialising in clinical negligence, personal injury and inquests. Beatrice maintains a busy practice in the fields of Clinical Negligence, Inquests, and Personal Injury. She is regularly praised by her clients for her resolute advocacy,...

Sarah Riley
- Call: 2021
Sarah maintains a busy court practice covering all areas of personal injury. She is experienced in dealing with a range of road traffic accident, Highways Act, employers’ liability, public liability and credit hire claims. Sarah has a particular...
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