Illness & Injury Abroad - A Guide for Personal Injury Lawyers

Introduction

This area of law is an evolving field both because of the uncertain implications of Brexit together with new rulings in recent cases.

These claims often involve difficult issues of applicable law and decisions about whether to bring the case on a contractual or tortious basis.

This webinar will consider issues of jurisdiction and implications for procedure, quantum issues together with choice of experts for legal interpretation, liability and quantum.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Examples of injury claims - food poisoning, road and air accidents, sports injuries, occupiers’ liability (hotels, leisure facilities etc), medical negligence
• Particular problems with package holidays and applicable regulations
• Issues of jurisdiction - applicable law and implications for procedure
• Quantum issues including the appropriate calculations if foreign law is involved
• Choice of experts for legal interpretation, liability and quantum
• Evaluating and finding witnesses of fact
• Problems of foreign taxation applying to claims for losses of future earnings
• Settlement tactics

This webinar was recorded on 21st February 2023