Date: 1 November 2023

Starts: 8:45 am

Ends: 5:00 pm

Venue: St George's, just off Park Street, Bristol

Location: Bristol

Cost: Early bird offer: £100 + VAT if you book before 1st October 2023

CPD Points: 6 hours APIL accredited

Who Should Attend?

Our Clinical Negligence team, and sponsors, Blume invite you to join us for this year’s annual conference at St George’s in Bristol, focused around the theme of Obstetrics.

This one-day APIL accredited conference will be chaired by Matthew Phillips KC and is designed for claimant and defendant clinical negligence lawyers of all seniority. All profit raised will be donated to Bliss, supporting parents and families of premature or sick babies.

Talks will be given by medicolegal experts from the fields of obstetrics, neonatology and midwifery and by barristers from the team.

The event will explore topics within the field of obstetrics, including birth injuries, antenatal and postnatal care, and delivery-related gynaecological injuries.

Topics include:

  • Brachial plexus injury: Myths, evidence and legal perspective
    Prof Dimitrios Siassakos Consultant in Obstetrics at University College London and University College Hospital & Justin Valentine, Deputy Head of Clinical Negligence team, St John’s Chambers
  • Neonatal hypoglycaemia
    Dr Jane Hawdon, Neonatologist
  • Introduction to birth injury claims
    Rob Mills, Deputy Head of Clinical Negligence team & Rhodri Jones, Barristers, St John’s Chambers
  • Quantum in obstetrics claims
    Rachel Segal and Jimmy Barber, Barristers, St John’s Chambers
  • Fetal monitoring
    Debbie Johnson, Midwife and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Greenwich
  • Breach of duty in birth injury claims: tactics and pitfalls
    James Hughes and Lauren Karmel, Barristers, St John’s Chambers
  • Causation in the delivery room or live legal debate
    James Marwick & Andrew McLaughlin, Barristers, St John’s Chambers

Join us for drinks and canapes following the conference which is kindly being sponsored by Partners in Costs.

Come along and meet our exhibitors on the day: ARAG, Wyvern Partnership, Partners in Costs, Blume and Bliss.

People

Andrew McLaughlin

Andrew McLaughlin

  • Call: 1993

Andrew McLaughlin is a leading barrister with a national practice in the fields of personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence. A member of St John’s Chambers for more than 20 years, he holds the position of Head...

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Justin Valentine

  • Call: 1999

Justin is Head of the Clinical Negligence team and ranked as a leading barrister in The Legal 500. He specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation acting almost exclusively for claimants. He is well regarded for his...

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Jimmy Barber

  • Call: 2008

Jimmy is a specialist practitioner in the fields of clinical negligence, personal injury and industrial disease. He joined St John’s Chambers in September 2015 having previously practised in London. In clinical negligence, Jimmy has experience of cases involving...

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James Marwick

James Marwick

  • Call: 2008

James is an experienced personal injury and clinical negligence barrister with sub-specialisms in costs and professional negligence.  He is ranked in The Legal 500 in costs (Tier 1), clinical negligence and personal injury. He acts for both claimants...

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James Hughes

  • Call: 2011

James specialises in the following areas of work: Personal injury Clinical negligence Data protection James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence practitioner. He has extensive experience across the full spectrum of such work, including public and...

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Rachel Segal

Rachel Segal

  • Call: 2013

Rachel is ranked as a leading junior in The Legal 500 for personal injury, clinical negligence, and inquests and inquiries, and in Chambers and Partners for Personal Injury. She enjoys working across the spectrum of clinical negligence and...

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Lauren Karmel

  • Call: 2017

Lauren is ranked as a leading junior for clinical negligence in The Legal 500 2024 guide, and is a specialist clinical negligence and inquests barrister. She has a sub-specialism in professional regulation and fitness to practise matters. Lauren...

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