03/10/2024

Ampersand Advocates Clinical Negligence Seminar 2024

CPD: 3 hours Cost: Free Venue: COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh

Ampersand was delighted to confirm our Clinical Negligence seminar for 2024. This afternoon half day event attracted 3 hours of CPD, followed by a social hour.

Chaired by Simon Bowie KC, the programme was:

12.30pm to 1pm – Registration, tea & coffee

  • 1pm – Welcome and opening remarks from Chair
  • 1.10pm – Ayla Iridag: The trauma-informed lawyer: improving awareness of the impact of trauma on lawyers and clients
  • 1.30pm – Shane Dundas: Fatal Accident Inquires: a new dawn
  • 1.50pm – Professor Nikki Robertson on modern science and the neonate
  • 2.30pm to 2.50pm – Sean White: Case law update (1)
  • 2.50pm to 3pm – End of session panel Q & A

3pm to 3.20pm – Break

  • 3.20pm – Paul Reid KC: End of life care: when the law becomes involved
  • 3.40pm – Jennifer Nicholson-White: Claims by secondary victims in light of Paul & Anr v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1: What might constitute an “accident” in a medical setting?
  • 4pm – Louise Jardine: Case law update (2)
  • 4.20pm – End of session panel Q & A

4.30pm – Closing remarks and social hour

As part of our commitment to this area of practice there was no charge for practitioners attending this event.

Slides from the speakers are noted below. Professor Robertson’s slides are not available for download.

Recordings of selected talks is available on Ampersand’s Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence channel on the Hey Legal Hub.

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Simon Bowie KC
Simon Bowie KC
Professor Nikki Robertson MB ChB, FRCPCH, PhD
Paul Reid
Paul Reid KC
Jennifer Nicholson
Jennifer Nicholson-White, Advocate
Shane Dundas
Shane Dundas, Advocate
Ayla Iridag, Advocate
Ayla Iridag, Advocate
Louise Jardine, Advocate
Sean White, Advocate

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