"Premier conference with premier speakers for asbestos specialists"
"Best forum for optimal information sharing and networking for claimant asbestos litigators."
Don't miss our exciting panel session with all four Asbestos Masters
We are delighted to be heading back down to London for APIL's 19th annual asbestos conference, taking place on Friday,18 October.
We have a host of eminent speakers on board for this event and as a special feature for 2024, we are very excited to welcome all four Asbestos Masters, who will take part in a unique panel session.
We are delighted to offer this programme as a hybrid event where delegates can either choose to view the event live in person or watch this virtually, via APIL's dedicated conference app. All delegates attending in person will also have access to the virtual programme, where they can watch this back - on demand - over a period of six months.
Topics include:
Liability update
- Speaker: Simon Kilvington, Byrom Street Chambers, Manchester
Quantum update
- Speaker: Gemma Scott, 12KBW, London
Dealing with cases in Scotland
- Persuing cases in England and the pitfalls of not running a case in Scotland
- Defendants in Scotland
- Differences between jurisdictions
- Speaker: Caitlyn Maccabe, Digby Brown LLP, Glasgow
Cuthbert and White
- Speaker: Michael Rawlinson KC, 12KBW
Panel discussion with the Asbestos Masters
- Speakers: Master Eastman, Master Davison, Master Gidden and Master Thornett
Calculating fibre dose
- Benign disease
- Lung cancer
- Lessons learnt from Court
- Speaker: Tim Wallis, Pragma & Associates
Asbestos related disease: Establishing causation and proving disability
- Post-mortems
- Asbestosis/IPF differential diagnosis
- The current ILD MDT system
- Speaker: Dr Phil Barber, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Manchester
Case preparation
- Witness statement preparation
- Obtaining engineering expert
- Disclosure
- Post-mortems and getting them done
- Speaker: Dan Easton, APIL EC Member, Leigh Day, London