PROVING DAMAGES – THE CLAIMANT LAWYER’S BASIC TASK: WEBINAR 19th MARCH 2025
The “Proving Things” series on this blog is now up to number 256. The vast majority of this series is, in fact, about not proving things. That is where litigants fail to bring sufficient (sometimes any) evidence to court to prove their case. This webinar looks at the basic task of proving damages in a personal injury case. Booking details are available here.
THE WEBINAR
The claimant lawyer in a personal injury or clinical negligence claim has a difficult task in making sure that damages can be claimed fully and properly, whilst at the same time not inflating expectations and putting the client in danger of allegations of dishonesty.
The webinar looks at the challenges facing practitioners having to prove damages at trial.
It looks at those cases where claimants have failed to establish damage, or key heads of loss and the practical steps that can be taken to ensure that losses are established at trial
It also looks at the dangers of claiming damages that can not, in fact, be proven. These include the risk of an allegation of fundamental dishonesty
- The “pitfalls” of damages claim
- Schedules of damages
- Learning from other people’s mistakes…
- Proving pain and suffering
- Proving loss of earnings
- Claims for care
- Taking care to protect the client