PREPARING A SCHEDULE AND PROVIDING EVIDENCE IN A FATAL CLAIM 2025: WEBINAR 18th JUNE 2025

It is a difficult task to summarise the value of a life in one document. This is what happens when a schedule is drafted in a fatal claim.  It is a task that has to be done carefully and with a detailed knowledge of the relevant principles relating to damages and the available evidence. This webinar looks at the essential elements of a claim for damages in fatal accident litigation, considering all the information necessary to draft a credible schedule in support, the process of drafting that schedule and assessing whether there is credible evidence to support the claim.  Booking details are available here.

MATTERS TO BE COVERED

The webinar will be covering:

• Basic principles of the dependency calculation
• Claims for financial dependency
• Loss of a carer – the growing importance of claims for non-financial dependency
• Multipliers and periods of loss in fatal cases
• Bereavement damages
• Claiming injuries and losses of the deceased person prior to death
• Matters that are disregarded – the significance of Section 4 of the Fatal Accidents Act
• What a witness statement should contain
• Is expert evidence necessary?

BONUS MATERIAL

Detailed questionnaires for the lawyer and the client will be provided alongside a draft Schedule.