Personal Injury Draft Timetable
| UK civil law: epidemiology and statistics in personal injury cases. Draft programme | |||
| Venue: George Square, University of Edinburgh. | |||
| Day 1 | 27/06/24 | ||
| Time | Activity | Speakers (tbc) | Topic |
| 9:30 | Registration and coffee | Participants will provide a one page summary of their background and interests | |
| 10:00 | Welcome | Jane Hutton, Hugh Olson | |
| 10:15 | Introductions | All | One minute on background and most important topic |
| 10:45 | Presentation | His Honour Judge Teague, KC | Interactions between statistical and judicial reasoning |
| 11:15 | Presentation | Ann Logan, Balfour Manson, Edinburgh | A solicitor's view of statistical experts in personal injury cases. |
| 12:00 | Presentation | Professor John Norrie FRSE | Epidemiology and statistics in risk assessment for civil litigation |
| 12:45 | Presentation | Astrid Smart, KC, Compass Chambers, Edinburgh | An advocate's view of statistical experts in personal injury cases. |
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1:15 |
Lunch | ||
| 2:00 | Presentation | Professor Richard Goldberg |
Vaccine Liability: weighing risks and benefits |
| 2:45 | Discussion | All | List the main issues arising from first talks, choose case studies |
| 3:15 | Case studies | Four groups of six to eight people | Critique of example expert witness reports. |
| 4:15 | Refreshments | ||
| 4:45 | Feedback | Four nominees. | 10 minutes per group |
| 5:30 | Break | ||
| 6:45 | Dinner | Further discussions. | |
| 9:00 | End of day | Most likely further discussions in suitable surroundings | |
| Venue: Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh. | |||
| Day 2 | 28/6/24 | ||
| 9:00 | Presentation | Prof Tim Cole | Age assessment in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children |
| 9:45 | Presentation | Michael Rawlinson, KC | Filling the void: the role of epidemiology in helping to prove causation in law |
| 10:30 | Refreshments | ||
| 11:00 | Presentation | Professor Jane L Hutton | Statistical concerns: data sources, quality and analysis; communication challenges |
| 11:45 | Discussion | Four groups of six to eight people | Topics arising from case studies and further talks. |
| 12:45 | lunch | ||
| 1:30 | Presentation | Professor Niamh Nic Daéid FRSE | Overview of Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh judicial primer |
| 1:50 | Presentation | Dr Amy Wilson | Overview of Inns of Court College of Advocates and RSS advocates primer |
| 2:15 | Discussion | Groups of six to eight people | Evaluation of primers, recommendations for updates. |
| 3:15 | Presentation | Panel discussion | Overview of workshop from legal and statistical perspectives |
| 4:00 | Discussion | All | Plans for future work |
| 4:30 | End | ||