Litigation Strategy in Brain Injury Cases - A Box Set of 6 Essential Modules

Introduction

This box set is for personal injury practitioners handling moderately severe brain injury cases. It offers an essential strategic and tactical overview of the handling of these most difficult of claims.

Damages in brain injury cases are increasing and with more at stake these claims are often defended robustly and practitioners need a keen awareness of the issues in play.

This box set aims to provide an overview of brain injury litigation which will enable you to develop your skills and learn how to manage brain injury litigation in a way which creates trust and confidence in the client and secure best outcomes.

The box set offers practical tips and insights, with mini case studies throughout, from a practitioner with 25 years' experience of the field who will present a straightforward plan for improving your approach to litigating complex personal injury cases.

Module 1 Planning your Case - Initial Considerations

This module will include the following:

• Moderately severe brain injury - JCG/Mayo
• Taking instructions
• Case planning and case theory
• Chronology
• Initial evidence gathering
• The letter of claim
• Rehabilitation, INAs and interim payments

Module 2 Evidence 1 - Experts

This module will include the following:

• The team
• Instructions
• Classification of brain injury - JCG/Mayo
• Selection, review and management of experts
• Joint experts
• Common issues - epilepsy risk, life expectancy, exaggeration of deficits

Module 3 Evidence 2 - Witness Statements, Disclosure and Case Management

This module will include the following:

• Documents
• The Claimant's statement
• Other supporting statements
• The role of the Brain Injury Case Manager
• Surveillance

Module 4 Moderate Brain Injury and Complex Presentations

The module will include the following:

Module 5 Proceedings

This module will include the following:

• When to issue
• Use of counsel
• Pleadings
• Directions and budgeting
• Interim payments and costs interim payments
• Part 35 questions and expert meetings

Module 6 ADR and Settlement

This module will include the following:

This webinar was recorded on 2nd March 2022