P&B to co-host ‘Claims Involving Children’ conference
The conference is new partner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp’s brainchild. And she’s delighted that P&B and her former employers, east of England firm Ashton KCJ (formerly Kester Cunningham John), have agreed to work together to support its success.
“Claims involving children is such an important field. Having friends in both camps, as it were, I’m thrilled that the two firms are prepared to co-operate so positively to help us tackle the complex issues involved.”
A former nurse and now a clinical negligence solicitor, Rosamund specialises in cases involving children who are stillborn or badly damaged at birth. These often involve system and/or human error, can take a long time to resolve, and prove enormously costly, both financially and emotionally. And, as she explains, the Claims Involving Children conference will be seeking to help all parties involved in pursuing such claims adapt to an environment that isn’t getting any easier:
“The changes to the NHS and legal frameworks in the forthcoming year are fundamental and will alter the management of these claims. This conference brings together professionals and stakeholders to discuss the issues. To find practical ways to surmount the hurdles which currently prevent birth injury cases being resolved more quickly. And to address the legal framework within which cases are presently handled.”
‘Claims Involving Children’ takes place at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre,183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE on the 24th November, 2011. Our speakers include:
- John Mead, Technical Claims Director, NHSLA
- Angela Helleur, Annie Ribbons – midwives
- Muiris Lyons, immediate past president, APIL
- Mike McKenna, partner, Hill Dickinson
- Martin Spencer QC, Head of Chambers, Hailsham Chambers
- Julian Wolfson, consultant obstetrician
Contacts
Pattinson & Brewer media relations: Denise Kitchener
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If Denise is unavailable: Chris Theobald
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