There are 4.28 million self employed people in the UK.
A self-employed person (including directors of small companies) face particular difficulties when seeking to recover loss of earnings after being injured. Similarly those who earn, or hope to earn, a living through sports and entertainment have particular difficulties in proving future prospects and earnings.
This webinar looks at the particular difficulties of acting for self-employed people who suffer loss of earnings due to injury, focussing on:
- The particular problems of the self-employed claimant
- When a claimant has not been fully declaring their income to the Inland Revenue.
- The injured business owner
- The effect of a limited company
- Calculating net loss
The webinar then goes on to look at issues in claiming losses in cases where the injured claimant earns, or hopes to earn, a living through sports and entertainment, looking at cases where damages have been awarded and when a claim for “loss of chance” has been found to be appropriate.
The webinar looks at recent cases relating to self-employed claimants and those involved in sport, it identifies the practical difficulties these cases show and the best methods of overcoming them.
Those attending the webinar will also be sent “loss of earnings” questionnaire which has a specific section for self-employed/business owners.
Live or on-demand
We encourage all attendees to watch the webinar live - this gives people the opportunity to ask questions and participate in polls.
All people registered for the webinar will automatically be emailed details to view the online recording following the webinar, whether you view live or not. Recordings are available to view for up to six months.