09:00 - 09:15 | Registration, exhibition and refreshments | |||||||||
09:15 - 09:25 | Welcome and introductions Kim Leslie, Partner, Digby Brown | |||||||||
SESSION ONE: Civil procedure and practice | ||||||||||
09:25 - 10:10 | What a difference a jury makes? Simon di Rollo QC, Ampersand
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10:10 - 10:55 | Costs and funding: an update on the implementation of the Taylor Report Iain Nicol, Partner, Balfour+Manson LLP
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10:55 - 11:10 | Refreshments, exhibition and networking | |||||||||
SESSION TWO: Developments in liability and financial considerations | ||||||||||
11:10 - 11:55 | An update on the discount rate and other financial settlement considerations Graeme Lind, Tilney Neil Wilkie, Tilney | |||||||||
11:55 - 13:15 | Expert witnesses and evidence following Kennedy v Cordia Andrew Smith QC, Compass Chambers
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13:15 - 14:00 | Lunch, exhibition and networking | |||||||||
SESSION THREE: Damages and case law | ||||||||||
14:00 - 14:05 | Introduction to session three Kim Leslie, Partner, Digby Brown | |||||||||
14:05 - 14:50 | Employer's liability and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 David Armstrong, Partner, Lindsays David Hennessy, Associate and Solicitor Advocate, Brodies LLP
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14:50 - 15:35 | Current developments in quantum and novel and unusual heads of claim Speaker: Lisa Henderson QC, Ampersand
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15:35 - 15:50 | Final comments and close |