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09:00 - 09:15 | Registration, exhibition and refreshments |
09:15 - 09:25 | Welcome and introductions Kim Leslie, Partner, Digby Brown
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 | SESSION ONE: Civil procedure and practice
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09:25 - 10:10 | What a difference a jury makes? Simon di Rollo QC, Ampersand
- The main procedural differences where a jury decides the issue
- A summary of the skills neccessary for the effective advocacy in that forum
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10:10 - 10:55 | Costs and funding: an update on the implementation of the Taylor Report Iain Nicol, Partner, Balfour+Manson LLP
- Costs chargeable under the Compulsory Pre Action Protocol and Judicial Expenses Pre Litigation Fee
- Pursuers' offers
- Discount rate
- ASPIC taxations
- Expenses and funding of Civil Litigation bill
- Applications by successful (non legally aided) parties for expenses out of the Legal Aid Fund.
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10:55 - 11:10 | Refreshments, exhibition and networking |
 | SESSION TWO: Developments in liability and financial considerations |
11:10 - 11:55 | An update on the discount rate and other financial settlement considerations Graeme Lind, Tilney Neil Wilkie, Tilney |
11:55 - 13:15 | Expert witnesses and evidence following Kennedy v Cordia Andrew Smith QC, Compass Chambers
- The question of the importance of expert evidence
- How to make sure that you have a winning strategyu with experts
- What are the legal responsibilities of experts and those instructing them?
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13:15 - 14:00 | Lunch, exhibition and networking
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 | SESSION THREE: Damages and case law
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14:00 - 14:05 | Introduction to session three Kim Leslie, Partner, Digby Brown
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14:05 - 14:50 | Employer's liability and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 David Armstrong, Partner, Lindsays David Hennessy, Associate and Solicitor Advocate, Brodies LLP
- An introduction to The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
- The general approach adopted by the courts to ERRA
- All is not lost for the Pursuer!
- Useful tactics available to the Defender
- Don’t forget the common law of negligence and how it continues to apply to employer liability claims.
- The likely way forward.
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14:50 - 15:35 | Current developments in quantum and novel and unusual heads of claim Speaker: Lisa Henderson QC, Ampersand
- Comprehensive update on quantum in personal injury actions
- Review of awards in fatal and catastrophic cases
- Review of awards made in relation heads of claim which you might not necessarily deal with on a day to day basis, such as therapies, accommodation, holiday costs and transport
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15:35 - 15:50 | Final comments and close
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