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

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:

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...

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Rhodri Jones

Rhodri Jones

  • Call: 2017

Rhodri specialises in clinical negligence, acting for both claimants and defendants. Before retraining as a barrister, Rhodri practiced as a medical doctor for 18 years, principally in A&E and general practice. His wealth of knowledge and clinical experience...

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Lauren Karmel

  • Call: 2017

Lauren is ranked as a leading junior for clinical negligence and a rising star in inquests in The Legal 500 2025 guide, and is a specialist clinical negligence and inquests barrister. She has a sub-specialism in professional regulation...

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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,...

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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...

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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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Sarah Riley

Sarah Riley

  • Call: 2021

Sarah is a barrister specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence. In personal injury, Sarah is regularly instructed in both fast track and small claims hearings, along with infant approval hearings, Stage 3 hearings, interlocutory hearings and other...

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