APIL Certificate in Personal Injury Law

At APIL we recognise that many of you and your colleagues have been aspiring to gain recognition of your expertise in carrying out a personal injury caseload.

The APIL certificate will give you this, providing you with the necessary skills to handle small to medium-sized accident cases from instructions through to conclusion, showing competency in:

• investigation
• funding, costs and risk assessment
• procedure
• damages
• liability (RTA, employers, occupiers and public)
• clinical negligence
• core skills

The APIL certificate is made up for four core modules, entitled:

Funding costs and CFAs	Maximising damages
Maximising profitability and success for personal injury lawyers	Procedure for personal injury lawyers

In order to complete the certificate, delegates will then CHOOSE ONE of the following specialist modules:

Accidents at work essentials	Clinical negligence - the fundamentals
Liability in road traffic accidents	Trips, slips and other mishaps – occupiers' liability and public liability law

Who should attend?
The certificate is particularly appropriate for fee earners who are either new to personal injury work or have less than five years' experience in handling a PI caseload, for example trainee/newly qualified solicitors, paralegals, legal executives or junior barristers.

Level:
APIL: litigator/senior litigator
Law Society: introductory/intermediate (ref: XR/APIL)

Workshops:
It is acknowledged that workshops are a good way of learning. Delegates may therefore be split up into groups to challenge what has been learnt.

Assessment:
At the end of each module, a multiple-choice test will be circulated to each applicant for completion. Each test will be marked by an independent assessor and the results notified to the applicant in writing.

Duration, frequency and location:
It is anticipated that most applicants will complete the certificate over a two year period although the courses have been spread such that the certificate can be completed within one year if required. To achieve this, applicants may be required to attend courses away from their local regional centre.

Each one-day course offers 5.5 CPD hours and will run in Bristol, London, Liverpool, Manchester and York.

More courses may be scheduled, subject to demand, and applicants may attend the modules in any order they wish.

Accreditation:
Each course is CPD accredited by the:

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
SRA of England and Wales
Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
The Bar Standards Board

Price:
Each module is priced at £200 + VAT for corporate accredited firms, £235 + VAT for APIL members and £340 + VAT for non-members.

Delegates can either choose to pay for the certificate in one single payment, or in 5 instalments.