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Serjeants’ Inn has joined forces with Oxford neurosurgeon Richard Stacey to organise this event for both claimant and defendant clinical negligence enthusiasts. We aim for an interesting mix of medical and legal talks and will be offering a ‘speed dating’ session after lunch with a more informal opportunity to ask questions of our medical speakers.
The challenge to the best interests jurisdiction and the role of doctors and judges in this tragic case has received saturation media reporting. It’s been fuelled by unprecedented social media coverage and an astonishingly successful crowd funding campaign.
It’s put medical ethics and treatment decisions on the front page and looks set to be one of the biggest medical law cases of 2017.
Serjeants’ Inn silks and juniors have been instructed from the directions hearing in March all the way through to the Supreme Court in June. They’ll be talking about why the challenge to jurisdiction matters, interim orders and whether the unprecedented transparency has damaged or promoted greater public understanding of medical ethics.
Chris Johnston QC will be leading an open discussion about experts with John de Bono QC, Heidi Knight and Jamie Mathieson – as well as our delegates. Practical examples will be given of both good and bad expert approaches.
This seminar will be given by Fiona Paterson, junior counsel for ACCG. The aim of the seminar is to offer a practical insight into the implications of this recent landmark decision by the Supreme Court for those who practise in the Court of Protection.
Serjeants’ Inn is delighted to be hosting its first conference on police employment law.
This full-day conference will draw on our police employment team’s experience in cases such as Aubrey v Chief Constable of NorthAumbria Police, AB v A Chief Constable, AB v A Chief Constable and Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police to provide a detailed, practical and strategic look at various topics.
The conference is to be chaired by John Beggs QC and our speakers will be Angus Moon QC, Jonathan Holl-Allen, Elliot Gold, Jonathan Davies, Aaron Rathmell, Sebastian Naughton and Cecily White.
Serjeants’ Inn are hosting a seminar in Chambers by Bridget Dolan QC and Briony Ballard, two experienced inquest counsel, both of whom also edit the Inquest Law Reports and sit as Assistant Coroners. This is a practically focused seminar for solicitors typically representing institutions at inquests. It will provide an essential update on important cases for coronial law over the past year and consider how the CJA and recently decided cases impact upon practice in the Coroner’s Court.
Serjeants’ Inn are hosting a seminar in Chambers by Bridget Dolan QC and Briony Ballard, two experienced inquest counsel, both of whom also edit the Inquest Law Reports and sit as Assistant Coroners. This is a practically focused seminar for solicitors typically representing families at inquests. It will provide an essential update on important cases for coronial law over the past year and consider how the CJA and recently decided cases impact upon practice in the Coroner’s Court.
This is the seventh year that John de Bono QC has joined forces with Oxford neurosurgeon Richard Stacey to organise this event at Wadham College, Oxford for both claimant and defendant clinical negligence enthusiasts. They aim for an interesting mix of medical and legal talks, the latter to be provided by Eloise Power and Oliver Williamson, and will once again be offering a ‘speed dating’ session after lunch with a more informal opportunity to ask questions of our medical speakers.
Christopher Johnston QC and Nicholas Peacock (of Halisham Chambers) are directing the annual PNBA Clinical Negligence conference at Clare College, Cambridge on the 9th September.
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers will be hosting a conference to discuss the impact of the Duty of Candour. The evening will open with Sir Robert Francis QC in conversation with Christopher Johnston QC and will feature a range of Serjeants’ Inn Chambers barristers.
