The Anatomy of a
Cerebral Palsy Case
28 September 2023
9.45 – 16.30
Ormond Meeting Rooms, Dublin
CPD accreditation: 6 hours
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This event will explore key areas in cerebral palsy claims to help you build and develop your knowledge and understanding on the medical issues in these complex cases.
This event, which will be chaired by David Sharpe KC, will feature presentations from leading medical and legal experts on:
- the management of labour
- neonatal care
- determining causation
- imaging
- case management care and costs
- current issues in cerebral palsy claims and budgeting.
What you’ll learn
Improve your assessment of cerebral palsy claims.
Learn:
- what constitutes reasonable practice and what could form the basis for a successful claim/defence in key areas
- the latest legal developments in cerebral palsy claims
- how to determine causation.
This event also gives you an excellent opportunity to network with legal professionals and medical experts working in these specialist areas.
Programme
The Anatomy of a Cerebral Palsy Case
28 September 2023
9.30
Registration
10.00
Chair’s introduction
David Sharpe KC, 12 Kings Bench Walk.
David has also been admitted as Senior Counsel in Dublin.
10.05
A midwife’s story
Tales of mismanagement
Speaker TBC
10.35
Management of labour – part 1
CTG interpretation and failure to act on an abnormal CTG
Consultant obstetrician (Speaker TBC)
11.05
Refreshments
11.20
Management of labour – part 2
Breech births
Consultant obstetrician (Speaker TBC)
11.50
Medico-legal issues in neonatal care
Consultant neonatologist (Speaker TBC)
12.30
Current issues in cerebral palsy claims
Barrister UK (Speaker TBC)
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Maximising hourly rates and tactical budgeting in cerebral claims
Costs expert (Speaker TBC)
14.30
Determining causation in cerebral palsy cases
Consultant paediatric neurologist (Speaker TBC)
15.10
Refreshments
15.25
The optimum time to image and the necessity for further imaging
Consultant neuroradiologist (Speaker TBC)
15.55
Case management care and costs
Care expert and occupational therapist (Speaker TBC)
16.30
Close
Speakers TBC
