Overview
The Mazur judgment raises important practical, procedural, and commercial considerations for claimant practitioners. APIL Senior Fellows John McQuater and Brett Dixon will lead a focused, applied session to help you understand the implications and adapt your approach with confidence.
What you’ll learn
After this session, you will be able to:
- Explain how the structure and purpose of the Act operate alongside the Civil Procedure Rules following Mazur.
- Identify and interpret the key findings of the judgment and their practical and regulatory impact.
- Assess the significance of the second appeal, including potential outcomes and their implications.
- Locate and use relevant post-Mazur guidance to support case handling decisions.
- Evaluate whether legislative intervention may be required or likely in the medium term.
- Review and adjust your firm’s workflows, supervision processes, and business practices affected by the judgment.
- Respond effectively to post-Mazur queries from courts and defendants.
Why attend
You’ll leave with clear, actionable steps to support compliance, efficiency, and case strategy.
Vice President, Law Society
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
APIL Past President, Director of Switalskis Solicitors Ltd
John McQuater qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and is a Director of Personal Injury, and member of the Complex Injury Team, at Switalskis Solicitors.
He is a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and a member of the Law Society Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme (as well as being an assessor for that scheme). He had, whilst the scheme was operation, Catastrophic Injury Accreditation from the Law Society... view full biography