Fact Finding Hearings in Cases with Allegations of Non-Accidental Head Injuries

Introduction

Fact findings in NAHI cases are complex on many levels.

This webinar aims to focus and demystify, so that practitioners will be able to understand and challenge medical evidence in cases where non accidental head injury is alleged.

What You Will Learn

• Core concepts and terms to understand
• The nature of brain injuries including
• Subdural haematomae
• Bleeding to the eyes
• Encephalopathy, seizures and loss of consciousness
• Alternative mechanisms and timing
• Drops and falls
• Blows
• Shaking
• Shearing forces
• Underlying conditions
• Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
• Fitting, including reflex anoxic seizures
• The unknown
• Selecting, instructing and challenging experts
• Which kind of expert to instruct
• Challenging the orthodox explanation
• Using case law
• Advanced tips
• Scans
• Spinal bleeds and what we can learn from them
• Recovery times and what they tell us

This webinar was recorded on 11th February 2022