Date: 6 November 2024

Starts: 9:10 am

Ends: 4:20 pm

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

Location: Bristol

Cost: £130 + VAT

CPD Points: CPD / APIL ACCREDITED 5 HOURS

Who Should Attend?

This one-day conference is designed for claimant and defendant clinical negligence lawyers of all seniority, and will be focusing on claims arising from care in the Emergency Department.

Our Clinical Negligence team invite you to join us for this year’s annual conference, focused on the theme of 24 hours in A&E: Claims in the emergency department.

The conference, kindly sponsored by Blume, will feature talks and panel discussions from our specialist Clinical Negligence barristers at St John’s Chambers, as well as from expert clinicians in emergency medicine and spinal surgery. There will be insights on recent and upcoming developments in Emergency Care, including case law, quantum updates and consideration of Martha’s Law, discussion of cauda equina syndrome, a look at duty of care in the emergency department, and practical tips on expert evidence.

Topics include:

  • Emergency Department assessment of patients with head injuries
    Professor Alan Fletcher, Medical Examiner & Consultant in Acute and Emergency Medicine
  • Sepsis in the emergency department
    Mr Victor Ameh, Consultant in Accident & Emergency Medicine
  • Cauda equina syndrome – GIRFT Pathway and legal perspective
    Mike Hutton, Consultant spine surgeon and clinical lead for the NHS England programme Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)Justin Valentine, Head of Clinical Negligence team
  • The shelf life of a case manager
    Pippa Bird, Registered General Nurse, Clinical Director & Senior Case Manager, Circle Case Management
  • Duty of care in the emergency room
    Rachel Segal and Rhodri Jones, Barristers
  • Expert Evidence: getting it right and common pitfalls
    James Hughes and Lauren Karmel, Barristers
  • Clinical Negligence update
    Beatrice Baskett and Sophie Howard, Barristers
  • Panel Discussion: ADR in clinical negligence litigation: Does it work and what is the best approach?

Please join us for a drinks reception afterwards – kindly sponsored by Partners in Costs (PIC)

Raffle:

The proceeds of this year’s conference charity raffle will go to Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, providing emergency care to people who are in a state so critical that they require the specialist skills of their team at the scene.

Exhibitors:

Come along and meet our exhibitors on the day: Medical & Legal Admin Services (MLAS), Premex Group, ARAG, France+Associates and Medical Record Collation 

Cost:

Early bird offer £130 + VAT until 1st September

People

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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Louise Asprey

Louise Asprey

  • Call: 2007

Louise has many years of experience representing both claimants and defendants in personal injury and clinical negligence matters. She regularly deals with claims arising out of road traffic accidents and is experienced in dealing with claims brought under...

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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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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 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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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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