Webinar Overview
This webinar provides a comprehensive update on the latest procedural developments affecting personal injury practitioners. It focuses on recent case law, rule changes, and practical challenges that arise in day-to-day litigation.
Participants will gain insight into key risk areas such as issue and service errors, post-limitation substitution of parties, and compliance with evolving disclosure requirements. The session will also cover procedural applications, correct court fee handling, and developments in settlement approval.
In addition, the webinar explores recent judicial guidance on evidence, updates to Part 36 practice, and other significant procedural changes. Throughout, the emphasis will be on practical tactics and strategies to help practitioners avoid common pitfalls and manage cases effectively.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify and avoid common pitfalls in issuing and serving proceedings in light of recent case law
- Understand the legal framework for substituting parties after limitation has expired
- Apply the latest rule changes on disclosure to ensure compliance and efficiency
- Manage procedural applications effectively, including calculating and paying correct court fees
- Recognise when court approval of settlement is required and the consequences of non-compliance
- Evaluate recent case law on evidence and its impact on litigation strategy
- Use Part 36 offers strategically in light of recent developments
- Stay informed on key procedural updates affecting personal injury claims
- Adopt practical tactics to improve case management and reduce litigation risk
Frances McCarthy is managing partner of Pattinson & Brewer where she heads up the personal injury department. She is the past president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and is a former member of the Civil Justice Council.
She is qualified CEDR mediator and jointly with Tim Wallis mediated various costs issues at the request of the Civil Justice Council, including the levels of success fees to be claimed in personal injury cases. She helped to set up Trust Mediation with Tim Wallis, Sir Henry Brook and others.
She is a senior fellow of APIL and was a member of Lord Woolf’s working party which developed the personal injury pre-action protocols... view full biography
"John McQuater is one of the best speakers on the legal training circuit"
APIL Past President, Director of Switalskis Solicitors Ltd
John McQuater qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and is Technical Director in the Serious and Brain Injury Department at Switalskis Solicitors... view full biography