TO HELP YOU OVER A WINTER, A SERIES OF WEBINARS ON APPLICATIONS, LIABILITY, INSOLVENCY, PLEADINGS AND AVOIDING PROBLEMS IN LITIGATION
I am presenting a series of webinars on several aspects of litigation over December, January and February. All are one hour long. General details can be found here. The links to specific webinars can be found below.
APPLICATIONS AND INTERLOCUTORY HEARINGS: A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE
Booking details available here.
02 Dec 2021
- Knowing the rules in relation to applications
- Evidence in support
- Cases that help (and those that hinder)
- Useful guidance about making applications
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE RECENT CASES AND THEIR PRACTICAL RELEVANCE
Booking details available here.
09 Dec 2021
- Where contributory negligence has been established
- Where allegations of contributory negligence have not been successful
- How claimant’s have responded to allegations of contributory negligence
- The “reverse allegation of contributory negligence” – using allegations of contributory negligence against the defendant
INSOLVENCY FOR PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS
16 Dec 2021
Booking details available here.
- What is the position when the claimant is bankrupt: who “owns” the damages and who can bring the action?
- Avoiding striking out
- Practical steps that can be taken when the claimant is bankrupt
- What is the position when a carer is bankrupt?
- The steps you need to take when proceeding against a bankrupt defendant
- The steps you need to take when proceeding against an insolvent company
- Bypassing the problem – when can you sue an insurer directly?
AVOIDING PROBLEMS WITH LIMITATION AND MAKING A SECTION 33 APPLICATION
13 Jan 2022
Booking details available here.
- Recent cases on limitation
- The major problem areas of limitation
- Avoiding problems with limitation
- Section 33 (if you have to use it)
- Making an effective Section 33 application
AVOIDING PROCEDURAL PITFALLS IN PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
20 Jan 2022
Booking details available here.
- The problem areas for personal injury litigation – where things go wrong and why
- Key time periods
- What can you do if things go wrong?
- Making an effective application for relief from sanctions
STATEMENTS OF CASE, DRAFTING, DANGERS AND PITFALLS 2022
18 Feb 2022
Booking details available here.
This webinar takes a close look at the rules relating to drafting statements of case.
- What should be on the claim form?
- What must the particulars of claim contain?
- Problem areas in drafting the particulars
- What must the claimant plead?
- What should the defence contain?
- When do you need to file a reply or a defence to counterclaim?
- Part 18 requests – what can, and what can’t, they contain?
- Amending statements of case
- Statements of case at trial
- Avoiding the pitfalls of pleading