The Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Pod from St John’s Chambers

Traumatic Brain Injury

Episode 24 - Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

In this episode, James Marwick and Ben Handy discuss some of the challenges of brain injury litigation and the key learning points from some of the big cases of recent years.

Life Expectancy in Personal Injury Claims

This edition of the Personal Injury Pod features a discussion between barristers Matthew White and Rachel Segal about Life Expectancy in Personal Injury claims: the nature of life expectancy data, how and why that affects approaches to calculation of future losses, and the impact of negative and positive discount rates.

Neglect: An increasingly fashionable accessory?

In this podcast, Deputy Head of Clinical Negligence, Louise Asprey and Beatrice Baskett of St John's Chambers Inquests team consider the coronial concept ‘neglect’: its development, what needs to be proven for a finding of neglect to be returned and examples from their own practices where the issue has been raised.

Episode 21. A practical guide to approval hearings: child dependants, protected parties, and child dependants in Fatal Accident claims.

In this episode Sophie Howard and Beatrice Baskett will discuss approval hearings, covering the basics, some practical tips on preparing for hearings and what to look out for, together with a look at claims on behalf of child dependants in Fatal Accident Act claims.

Sepsis and Clinical Negligence. What is sepsis and how should it be litigated?

Our Personal Injury team have created a compelling channel for personal injury lawyers which will provide news, insights, and some personality to complex legal cases.

Our podcasts will convey thought leadership throughout our episodes as well as simplify and discuss implications of key cases in personal injury law. We will also aim to save solicitors some time in summarising and explaining developments.

Episode 18 - Sepsis and Clinical Negligence. What is sepsis and how should it be litigated?

In this podcast Justin Valentine and Rhodri Jones, clinical negligence practitioners, provide an overview of sepsis in clinical negligence.  They outline what sepsis is, discuss the relevant clinical tools and provide practical guidance, with a focus on expert evidence, as how best to litigate sepsis claims

Relief from sanctions

Our Personal Injury team have created a compelling channel for personal injury lawyers which will provide news, insights, and some personality to complex legal cases.

Our podcasts will convey thought leadership throughout our episodes as well as simplify and discuss implications of key cases in personal injury law. We will also aim to save solicitors some time in summarising and explaining developments.

Episode 18: Relief from sanctions

Listen in to a discussion around Relief From Sanctions between two of our barristers with a particular interest in this area: Head of Personal Injury Andrew McLaughlin (who appeared before the Court of Appeal in the leading case of Denton v White) and Rachel Segal, the author of the last six editions of The Denton Resource.  Insights shared include those arising from the Court of Appeal’s recent guidance in Warren v Yesss (A) Electrical Limited as to the circumstances in which CPR 3.9applies, and thoughts about the application in practice of the Denton criteria more generally.

50 Years at the Bar: Christopher Sharp KC

On the approach to his fiftieth anniversary at the Bar, St John’s founder Christopher Sharp KC talks to Ben Handy about his distinguished career, reflecting on life as a pupil in the 70s, the changes and developments he has seen over the decades, the cases he has won (and lost!), what St John’s means to him, and his plans for the next 50 years.

The Animals Act 1971: A guide to successfully bringing and defending claims

In this podcast, Richard Stead and Jonathan Lindfield provide a road map for those dealing with claims brought under the Animals Act 1971. A notoriously difficult piece of legislation, Jonathan and Richard focus on the structure and meaning of the Act, breaking it down into its constituent parts, with the aim of de-mystifying the process of how best to run or defend these claims. In considering the Act, which has plagued personal injury practitioners for decades, they consider practical examples, reflect on their experiences and the case law, and offer insight into the best way to approach claims of this nature.