It is clear that drafting schedules is far more than a simple arithmetical exercise. The task requires knowledge, care and a great deal of common-sense (which is, as often said not actually that common). This webinar looks at the rules, cases and guidance on drafting a Schedule of Damages. It aims to help practitioners avoid the problems that judges regularly identify.
- Cases where the schedule has gone wrong
- Judicial criticism of schedules
- Getting the schedule right
- The problem of proving damages and the difficulties that arrive when you can’t prove them
- Evidence and damages
- Recording the information given to you and the advice given
- Schedules that have led to assertions (and findings) of fundamental dishonesty
- Establishing the costs on assessment
Barrister
Kings Chambers, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham and 4-5 Gray's Inn Square, London
Gordon was called to the Bar in 1991 having originally qualified and practised as a solicitor. He practices from Kings Chambers, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham and 4-5 Gray's Inn Square, London. He works in the area of personal injury litigation and in the law relating to civil procedure, limitation and costs. He has a particular interest in issues relating to damages, evidence, costs and procedure.
Gordon is a former executive committee member of APIL and has lectured widely for APIL and CPIL on personal injury and procedure topics. Gordon is the author of Personal Injury Practice Notes (Cavendish); The APIL Guide to Fatal Accidents (now in its 4th edition); the 14th edition of Munkman and Exall on Damages for Personal Injury Death and Periodical Payments the New Law. He also wrote the section on limitation for the APIL loose-leaf and contributes two chapters to Munkman on Employer’s Liability... view full biography