Personal Injury Half-Day Conference 2024
Wed, 23 Oct
|Glasgow
The RFPG's annual personal injury half-day conference - brought together by Professor Charles Hennessy
Time & Location
23 Oct 2024, 09:30 – 13:30
Glasgow, 12 Nelson Mandela Pl, Glasgow G2 1BT, UK
About the event
Speakers for the event will include: Charles Hennessy, Sheriff Fife, Amber Galbraith KC, Mary-Jo McKenna & Douglas Brodie
About the Seminars:
The All-Scotland Sheriff Person Injury Court 2024 + beyond - Sheriff Fife (ASPIC)
Public authority liability: consolidation, clarification and unresolved questions - Douglas Brodie (University of Strathclyde)
The presentation assesses the current state of the law following the decision of the Supreme Court in HXA v Surrey CC [2023] UKSC 52. It asks whether claims based on human rights infringements will be more likely given the confirmation of a restrictive framework at common law in HXA (F v Moray Council [2024] SAC (Civ) 27). NHS decisions of note will be reviewed (Luke v Kent & Medway NHS [2024] EWHC 753, Paterson v Lanarkshire Health Board [2023] CSOH 1) as well as those involving the police (Bell v Commissioner of Police [2024] EWHC 379, Ward v Chief Constable [2024] EWH…