Personal Injury - the Virtual Summer Series 2026

Our new online conference will cover subjects ranging from ASPIC, medical negligence and quantum to causation in RTA claims, secondary victims and health & safety.

Chaired by David Wilson of Digby Brown our speaking panel includes Darren Deery of Irwin Mitchell, Charlotte O'Kane from Pinsent Masons, Aimée Doran of Compass Chambers, Simon Hammond from Digby Brown and Hannah Addison of Thompsons.

What's being covered?

ASPIC Update

With the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court into its eleventh year, this session will cover recent relevant procedural and digital developments.

Simon Hammond, Digby Brown

Recent quantum decisions in personal injury cases

Important recent quantum decisions and their impact on practice will be considered.

Aimée Doran, Compass Chambers

Causation in Scottish road traffic accident claims: from protocol to proof

In this session we will look at:

• CPAP causation: Section 23 requests (what they’re really for, and how to respond)
• once raised: abandonment offers in causation disputes (and the proof response)
• causation core: call recordings/delay in intimating claim/ LVI arguments 
• evidencing causation and what to plead (facts, chronology, function, corroboration) 
• QOCS/expenses risk: how causation mistakes become cost risk

Hannah Addison, Thompsons

Medical negligence case law update

There have been a number of recent reported decisions from both north and south of the border We will consider those decisions of most interest to pursuers and defenders.

Darren Deery, Irwin Mitchell

Secondary victims

David Wilson, Digby Brown

Health and Safety update

This session will cover an update on recent developments in health and safety law and practice and a review of key recent health and safety prosecutions. This session will highlight the current focus areas for health and safety regulation and enforcement agencies. Health and safety issues and personal injury actions often flow from the same incident and an understanding of the current practice of health and safety will assist personal injury practitioners in dealing with those incidents.

Charlotte O'Kane, Pinsent Masons