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The Scottish Annual Medico-Legal conference is a highlight on the calendar for Scotland’s medico-legal professionals.
Whether your interest lies in a particular area of healthcare such as emergency medicine, obstetrics, cosmetics, dentistry or psychiatry the 2024 annual conference will cover topics relevant to all those interested in medico-legal practice. We’ll explore the latest case law developments, key legislation, critical issues involved in medico-legal work, top tips for report writing, conferences with Counsel, and the business aspects of running a medico-legal practice.
This is a great opportunity to build your medico-legal skills and learn from some of the country’s leading clinical negligence lawyers, share experiences and make new connections in the medico-legal sector. To stay informed of speaker announcements, early bird discounts and agenda release, register your interest below.
09.30
Registration
10.00
Stories of medico-legal practice at the Bar
James Badenoch KC, 1 Crown Row Office, London
10.40
Panel discussion on the working relationship with your lawyer – with practical tips for exceeding expectations as an expert witness
Ann Logan, Clinical Negligence Solicitor and Partner, Balfour + Manson
Trish McFadden, Clinical Negligence Solicitor and Partner, Digby Brown
Darren Deery, Clinical Negligence Solicitor and Partner, Drummond Miller
11.10
Refreshments
11.25
Expert meetings
The lawyer’s perspective
What to expect
Preparation
The discussion
The joint statement
Change of opinion
Ann Logan, Clinical Negligence Solicitor and Partner, Balfour + Manson
+ shared experiences from two experienced medical expert witnesses
(Mr Rod Chalmers, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, and Mark Duxbury, Consultant General Surgeon)
12.05
Addressing the legal issues: causation
Darren Deery, Clinical Negligence Solicitor and Partner, Drummond Miller
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Confidence in the courtroom
Pre-trial preparation
The art of cross-examination
How to conduct yourself effectively
Charles Hennessy, retired solicitor and advocate and author of Civil Procedure and Practice
14.40
Workshop on consent – sharing good practice (bring along your questions and clinical scenarios)
Lauren Sutherland KC will chair this interactive session
15.30
Refreshments
15.45
Avoiding litigation
Dr James Thorpe, Deputy Medical Director, Medical Protection Society
16.25
Why it’s important that we learn lessons from incidents
Dr Dawn Benson, Programme Director, Clinical Human Factors Group
17.00
Panel discussion –lessons learnt from our medico-legal careers
Mr Rod Chalmers, Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Dr Adrian Rees, GP
More panellists TBC
17.30
Close
Well organised; covered a very good range of subject matter; great venue. Highly recommended.
If you want to attend a medico-legal conference that attracts the good experts, this is the one to go to?
A great way to be updated on medico-legal practice and how to improve on current practice.
Inspire Medilaw conferences are particularly focused on the practical aspects of Expert Witness work. It is great to have teaching and advice on aspects that you use daily in your work. This is a particular advantage over the other conferences.
I was very pleased with the content and delivery of the Inspire MediLaw annual medico-legal conference. I found the day very enjoyable indeed. Having also been to other annual conferences, I found that I preferred the RSM venue and the fact that it was a smaller group of medics rather than the mixture of other non-medical experts that were there at other larger conferences. It made for interesting conversations and I enjoyed meeting some of the other delegates.
Excellent course. I have done medicolegal for over 6 years and still learnt a lot. I will be coming back to Inspire Medilaw for further training in the future
A fascinating day with some excellent presentations delivered.