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The Annual General Meeting will be held on:
Thursday 14 May 2026 at 11.45am - 12.15pm
At:
Leonardo Hotel and Conference Venue Hinckley Island
Watling Street
Hinckley
LE10 3JA
The AGM will be a hybrid meeting held in conjunction with
Advanced Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Conference 2026
Please note that members are required to book to attend the AGM separately to the conference.
There is no cost to attend the AGM.
At APIL’s AGM, members will hear from APIL's CEO and APIL Officers
Mike Benner - APIL CEO
Gordon Dalyell - APIL Treasurer
Brett Dixon - APIL Secretary
Matthew Tuff - APIL President
APIL Chief Executive
Mike joined the APIL team as Chief Executive in July 2019 after five years as the Chief Executive of the Society of Independent Brewers and, before that, a decade as the Chief Executive of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
Mike is a seasoned campaigner and leader of membership organisations and has been a key player in various major consumer campaigns and in leading change and strategy development in the not-for-profit sector... view full biography
Gordon Dalyell qualified as a solicitor in 1990, and joined Digby Brown, as a partner, in 1998. He heads up the network department.
He has wide experience in dealing with many areas of personal injury, including accidents at work, and road traffic accidents, as well as fatal accident claims and claims for miscarriages of justice. Gordon obtained rights of audience as a solicitor-advocate (civil) in 2003. He has been accredited as a Specialist in Personal Injury Law by the Law Society of Scotland. He is ranked in both the current Legal 500 and Chambers UK Guides.
He is a fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and has been the executive committee member for Scotland since 2010. He was president of the Association for the year 2019-20. He has given evidence, on behalf of the Association, to the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster, and to the Justice, and Economy, Energy, and Fair Work Committees at Holyrood. He has been involved in responding to consultations from, and engaging with, government at both UK and Scottish level... view full biography
"I thought the speaker was phenomenal and could have listened to him for hours."
"He explained very complicated cases in a very concise and understandable way"
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
Senior Associate in the Major Trauma Service, Moore Barlow LLP
APIL President
Matt Tuff specialises in catastrophic injury cases and is a Senior Associate in the Major Trauma Service at Moore Barlow LLP. He is accredited as a Senior Litigator with APIL. He is also trustee at the brain injury charity Headway South West London.
He is also currently a member of the EC and is APIL President. ... view full biography