Course for Occupier Liability Claims for personal injury claim solicitors coming this 17 April dealing with introduction level. Course content is as follows:
This workshop will be useful to all who are new to occupiers’ liability, defective premises and public liability claims for personal injury or those who wish to develop their existing skills and knowledge. Those who are new to these types of claims or who have less than 12 months or so experience will particularly benefit.
This workshop will cover the following:
• The Occupiers and/Public Liability Low Value Portal – An Overview
• Costs in the Occupiers/Public Liability Low Value Portal
• Fixed costs in Occupiers, Public Liability and Defective Premises Cases that exit the Portal
• How to deal with Occupiers, Public Liability and Defective Premises Claims economically within fixed costs
• The burden of proof and proving your case
• Occupiers Liability – The Law and The Key Cases
• Defective Premises Claims and Claims against Landlords – The Law and the Key Cases
• Public Liability Claims (Nuisance and those involving vehicles) – The Law and the Key Cases
• Causation Investigations
• Breach of duty – what you need to prove and how to prove it
• How to find the best cases to issue and dispose of the loosing cases quickly
• Investigating Occupiers, Public Liability and Defective Premises Claims generally and pitfalls to look out for
• Litigation Tips and Tactics
• How and why cases are won/lost at trial
• Trial preparation and how to encourage settlement
