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With just one week to go until our exclusive series of six webinars begins, now is the perfect time to secure your place and save. To help you get started, we're offering a special discount on bookings made before the series kicks off.
Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights, practical strategies, and expert guidance across all six sessions at a reduced price. Spaces are limited, so book now, take advantage of the discount, and join us for an engaging and informative webinar series designed to help you achieve more.
Overview
Led by APIL Senior Fellow and Law Society Vice President Brett Dixon, this series covers everything from the principles of negligence to vicarious liability, using risk assessment to win cases and the Six Pack Regulations. It’s the essential toolkit for managing employer's liability cases effectively.
Updated with new case law, the course is delivered over six webinars to give more members flexible access to the content and materials.
Each webinar can be viewed either as part of the series or as a standalone session. Session include:
Webinar 1: Principles of negligence in employer’s liability
Webinar 2: Using risk assessment to win cases
Webinar 3: Regulations and duties Post Enterprise Act
Webinar 4: The Six Pack Regulations - Part I
Webinar 5: The Six Pack Regulations - Part II
Webinar 6: Vicarious liability in the modern world
Learning Objectives
By attending all sessions, you will:
- Understand the principles of negligence that drive successful claims
- Identify employment relationships and use them effectively in your case strategy
- Use risk assessment to structure arguments, identify foreseeable harm, and highlight missing control measures
- Grasp the role of causation in risk-based arguments
- Apply post-Enterprise Act health and safety regulations
- Explore the latest cases shaping the court’s approach
- Recognise why regulations still matter and how they define the standard of care
- Counter common defendant arguments
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Brett is a consultant solicitor with higher rights of audience for all civil proceedings. His specialism is civil procedure with a specific interest in digital change. He also provides training and consultancy services in relation to personal injury, technology and practice development.
He is also the Deputy Vice President Elect of the Law Society of England & Wales. He has been the president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on two occasions. He is a senior fellow of APIL and chair of the Senior Fellow Appointments Committee. He is involved in decisions in relation to interventions in civil proceedings recently including Belsner v Cam, Ho v Adelekun, and Hassam v Rabot along with judicial reviews by APIL of the fixed recoverable costs rules and the discount rate. He is a past member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and the current legal expert member of the Online Procedure Rule Committee. He is a director of Medco and a member of the Official Injuries Advisory Group... view full biography