Events
27/10/2025
Ampersand Advocates Clinical Negligence Seminar 2025
Ampersand Advocates was delighted to host our Clinical Negligence seminar for 2025. The afternoon half day event held in-person at the Hawthorndean Lecture Theatre at the National Galleries on the Mound, Edinburgh attracted 3 hours of CPD and was followed by a drinks and social hour.
The theme this year was “Compassion in Clinical Negligence: Securing Better Outcomes in Evidence, Liability, and Rehabilitation”. Chaired by Isla Davie KC, the full programme was:
12.30pm – 1pm: Registration, tea & coffee
- 1pm: Welcome from Chair, Isla Davie KC
- 1.10pm – 1.50pm: Sarah McWhirter – “Who is [are] the patient[s]: re-defining primary victims post-Paul”
- 1.50pm – 2.30pm: Lynne Atkinson, Vocational Case Manager, VARSS – “More than a job – the holistic power of vocational rehabilitation”
2.30pm – 3pm: Break
- 3pm – 3.30pm: Lisa Henderson KC – “Bringing Out the Best Evidence: Recognising and Responding to Witness Vulnerability”
- 3.30pm – 4pm: Scott Clair– Case law update
- 4pm – 4.30pm: Jamie Dawson KC – “Seeking successful outcomes for clients in public inquiries”
4.30pm – 5.30pm: Closing remarks and social hour
Available papers and slides from our speakers are noted below.
Recordings of selected talks are available on Ampersand’s Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence channel on the Hey Legal Hub.
Any queries, please email: ampersand.events@advocates.org.uk.
As part of our commitment to this area of practice there was no charge for practitioners attending this event.
