Join APIL Secretary and Senior Fellow, Brett Dixon, who was a member of the core working group and personal injury sub-group, for a first look at the recommendations, focusing on what you need to know for the personal injury cases that you run.

The session will cover:

• Pre-Action Protocols
  • Their purpose
  • Their interaction with digitalisation
  • Their structure and place in the civil justice ecosystem
     
• Core Recommendations
  • Mandatory Mediation?
    • What the recommendations actually require
    • The interaction with existing initiatives and rule changes
  • Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol
    • Generally
    • Clinical Disputes
    • Disease and Illness Claims
    • Package Travel Claims
  • Child Abuse Claims
     
• Next steps following on from the CJC report
  • Who will make the changes and timescales
  • The need for interaction with the proposed fixed costs review
     
• What you need to consider
  • Amending your pre-action approach
    • Letters of claim
    • Disclosure
    • ADR
  • Keeping your client informed