Course description
This live and interactive session will provide those who are new to clinical negligence with a comprehensive guide through the entire process of litigation - from issuing the claim form all the way to judgment.
It will cover how to issue proceedings, which court, what law and what you need to serve with the Claim Form. Filing (e-filing, CE file) will be outlined, together with how to serve documents. Certificates of service will be discussed, as will challenging defences. Drafting directions, preparing for a CCMC and attending a CCMC - including Prec H and Prec R preparation will also be explored by "brilliant" presenter Natalie Cosgrove.
Natalie is an a partner at Ashtons Legal, having qualified as a barrister in 2008 and cross-qualified as a solicitor in 2011, so is well-placed to offer guidance in this area.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This live broadcast session will provide those who are new to clinical negligence with a comprehensive guide through the entire process of litigation - from issuing the claim form all the way to judgment.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive broadcast will cover the following:
- How to issue proceedings, which court, what law and what you need to serve with the Claim Form
- Filing: e-filing, CE file
- How to serve documents, what and when
- Certificates of service
- Acknowledgment of Service and Defence
- Challenging defences and when you should challenge, including Part 18 requests
- Drafting directions
- Preparing for a CCMC and attending a CCMC - including Prec H and Prec R preparation
- Witness evidence & expert evidence, including Part 35 questions
- Updating your evidence
- Interlocutory applications, when to apply, costs assessments and orders
- Agendas
- The PTR and applying to adduce expert oral evidence
- ADR: JSM, RTM and mediation - How to prepare for all aspects
- Offers, which type of offer to make, when to make it and when you are at risk
- Trials - preparing and attendance: Trial bundle preparation and briefing counsel
- Judgments and your responsibilities
- Costs: provisional assessment, detailed assessment and how to manage the process
- Costs orders and amending budgets
- Tactics in litigation
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