- Judicial Guidelines On Damages For Personal Injuries
- Insurance Fraud – Prepare, Prevent, Prosecute
- COVID-19 Related Litigation
A one-day conference
Live Virtual Event
Date: 11th February 2021
Personal Injury Claims have been the centre of Irish news headlines for a number of years now and this online conference will explore why Ireland’s claims figures are consistently increasing, and explore what can be done to remedy some of the issues. The conference will focus on the legalities, highlighting recent case law, proposed changes and expert opinions. You will hear about fraudulent claims and the evidence required in these cases.
If you are involved in the Personal Injury Claims process, this one-day online CPD event is a must-attend. You will hear from some of the leading experts in Ireland on current issues and share experiences between attendees and presenters.
CPD Certified
The conference content and advice will relate to all involved directly or indirectly in the claim’s management and Personal Injury processes from solicitors, barristers, regulators, government departments, semi-state agencies, insurers, employers, healthcare professionals, corporate firms and consultants to name just a few.
Full Day Programme |
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Opening Remarks & Conference Chair
Brendan Barrett, Communications Consultant |
COVID-19 Related Litigation
David Nolan, SC |
Insurance Reform – Update on the new Government reform agenda
Department of Finance
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Insurance Reform – a policyholder perspective
Peter Boland, Alliance for Insurance Reform
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Insurance Fraud – Prepare, Prevent, Prosecute
Mel Smyth, Detective Inspector, Garda National Economic Crime Bureau
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Legislative Reform – Quo vadis?
Andrew McKeown, BL, Law Lecturer, Editor of – Irish Law Monthly Digest, Case Reporter for Irish Legal News
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Times they are a-changing – The impact of Covid 19 on the Personal Injuries Arena
Chloë Cass BL, practising barrister, law lecturer and tutor in King’s Inns, Maynooth and UCD.
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Tackling ‘paracetamol injury’ pay-outs & brief update on Covid-19 claims
Dr Dorothea Dowling former founding Chair of Personal Injuries Assessment Board and academic researcher
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Health and Safety – preventing claims is the key to claims management
Matthew Brady, BL, Practising Barrister
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Medical Claims
Sarah Reid, Barrister & Author
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Sarah Reid
Barrister-At-Law, The Law Library
Sarah Reid LLB, LLM, BL is a practicing barrister specialising in personal injury and medical negligence.
Read moreIn recent years her area of specialisation has expanded to include the overlap between product liability laws, medical devices regulations and clinical negligence. In particular Sarah has focused her research on the defective PIP implants & DePuy recall of the ASR hip replacement system. Sarah is an associate legal expert with the Institute of Public Administration where she delivers specialised training in medical law, judicial review and courtroom skills to the public sector. She also lecturers Product liability law in Trinity College Dublin and is a guest lecturer in clinical negligence for the HSE & the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. In 2015 Sarah was appointed as legal counsel to the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry.
Peter Boland
Director of the Alliance for Insurance Reform
Peter’s background is primarily in marketing and communications in the food & drinks industries, having worked for businesses such as Bulmers, Beamish & Crawford and Supermac’s before going out on his own as a small-scale wine merchant over a decade ago.
Read moreIn his role as Marketing Director in Supermac’s, he was heavily involved in the Alliance for Insurance Reform Mk. 1 in 2002/03 and was asked by policyholders to reform the Alliance when it became clear another crisis had developed in 2018.
Born and bred in Dundalk, Peter is married with three daughters in Clarinbridge, Co Galway and dedicates much of his spare time to camogie and hurling, wonderful sports his Dundalk upbringing ensures he knows very little about.
Mel Smyth
Detective Inspector, Garda National Economic Crime Bureau
Mel Smyth is the Detective Inspector in charge of the Serious Economic Crime Investigation Unit (SECIU) and the Anti-Corruption Unit at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
Read moreHe has worked in frontline policing throughout his career and is the Senior Investigating Officer with responsibility for the investigation of serious and complex economic crime in his current position. The GNECB also provides advice and support to members of An Garda Síochana throughout Ireland who are investigating allegations of insurance fraud.
Dorothea Dowling
Chartered Insurer and an accredited mediator
Former founding chair of Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) & of Motor Insurance Advisory Board (MIAB)
Read moreAmong a number of professional qualifications Dorothea holds a Masters of Law, but is probably best known as Chair of MIAB. That was a statutory investigation into the cost of insurance that made 67 recommendations which were accepted by Government in 2002, including establishment of PIAB, that reduced the cost of insurance by 40% to YE13.
For decades Dorothea ran the largest self-insured programme in the country, for CIE, until her early retirement to set up as a consultant and to also focus on empirical law research of personal injury & the insurance industry in Ireland for which she was awarded a PhD in 2020.
Matthew Brady
Matthew Brady BL
Matthew is a practicing Barrister with the Bar Council of Ireland.
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There will be CPD certificates awarded to attendees at this conference. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award
THIS IS A FULLY VIRTUAL EVENT
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Early Bird Rate – €435+vat per person
Normal Rate @ €535 + VAT.
Please note the early bird discount can close sooner than expected once a certain amount of places fill up, therefore your prompt booking is strongly advised to avoid disappointment
CMG Events Conference Discount
- 10% discount for the third delegate booked or subsequent bookings thereafter from the same company.
You will receive the speakers PowerPoint presentations within 24 hours after the event.