This one-day in-person course will help you address the difficulties of representing people with injuries that might not always be visible but which can have a devastating affect on their personality and behaviours, with severe consequences for them and everyone around them.

Held in-person, at Exchange chambers in Manchester, many aspects will be covered including*:  

• Welcome and introduction
• How to recognise a brain injury and how it overlaps with other injuries
• First interview with the client and/or family including funding the claim 
• Discharge planning, NHS input and therapies, benefits, housing 
• Mental Capacity and Court of Protection 
• Dealing with insurers and defendants from the outset (including interim payment and collaborative working under the Serious Injury Guide)
• Rehabilitation and Case Management 
• Choosing your experts including counsel 
• Discreet aspects of liability 
• Starting proceedings and costs budgeting 
• Court approval, provisional damages and periodical payments 
• Financial and investment advice, post settlement and the long term 
• Conclusions

*Programme subject to change