Professional Negligence

Equity - Jeremy Cousins QC, Radcliffe Chambers (Professional Negligence, London, 27.06.17) In the context of professional negligence, when do equitable solutions provide your clients with a different, and potentially, advantageous outcome? How do you frame them?

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Experts - Rebecca Sabben-Clare QC, 7KBW (Professional Negligence, London, 27.06.17) If you want to switch experts, when do the solicitors' attendance notes become disclosable? What sets apart "a strong case of expert shopping"?

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Causation - Ben Quiney QC, Crown Office Chambers (Professional Negligence, London, 27.06.17) Taking the "but for" test beyond Tiuta v De Villiers, in which other factual situation will CA's judgment change the odds and for whom?

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Consequential Loss - James Pollock, Simmons & Simmons (Professional Negligence, London, 27.06.17) To what extent is the court taking a fluid approach to "consequential loss"; and so giving effect to the intention of the parties and the commercial freedom to negotiate risk?

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Scope of Duty - Thomas Plewman QC, Brick Court Chambers (Professional Negligence, London, 27.06.17) What are the outer limits in the light of the Supreme Court's decision in BPE Solicitors v Gabriel [2017]?

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Vicarious Liability - Patricia Hitchcock QC, Cloisters (Clinical Negligence, London, 15.11.16) Where are the loopholes and arguments for vicarious liability on the basis of "fairness, justice and reasonableness”? How might Candour and vicarious liability correlate? Cox [UKSC] and Mohamud [UKSC]

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Vicarious Liability - Joel Donovan QC & Adam Ohringer, Cloisters (Clinical Negligence, London, 15.11.16) Where are the loopholes and arguments for vicarious liability on the basis of "fairness, justice and reasonableness”? How might Candour and vicarious liability correlate? Cox [UKSC] and Mohamud [UKSC]

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Retrospectivity - Andrew Smith QC, Crown Office Chambers (Clinical Negligence, London, 15.11.16) How do you introduce a Montgomery claim after trial where the original claim failed on negligence? How do you argue through Limitation constraints? What are your prospects of success?

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Patients - John O'Dowd, Consultant Spinal Surgeon (Clinical Negligence, London, 15.11.16) Do patients hear what is being said during the consent process? How do you approach consent induced stress? How is expert evidence changing and being used?

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Montgomery - Claire Fazan, Leigh Day (Clinical Negligence, London, 15.11.16) What if the patient is already drugged up when the crisis arises (e.g. C-section)? Can you seek consent just before the surgery takes place (with the patient having taken a day off work and prepared for the operation)?

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