This webinar will explore when and how to establish causation on the basis of material contribution to injury and deal with the latest from 2023 and amongst other matters:

John will cover:

• Factual causation: Role and context in the tort of negligence
• Distinguishing legal causation and scope of duty from factual causation
• When does the test of material contribution apply?
• What makes a contribution to injury material?
• Divisible and indivisible injuries (does the distinction matter any longer)?
• The origin of the law on establishing causation by material contribution
• The development of the law from industrial disease to clinical negligence (and other) claims
• The distinction between material contribution and material increase to risk
• Are there now different ways of establishing causation?
• Latest cases and developments in this area of the law