Stroke Cases - Practical Tips & Guidance for Clinical Negligence Lawyers - Webinar

Introduction

This webinar will focus on helping practitioners to identity cases that have a reasonable prospect of success and maximise outcomes for their clients as the case progresses.

By viewing this webinar you will gain a better understanding of some of the causes of stroke which lead to successful medical injury claims (including insight into the recent case of Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), will be better equipped to pursue those cases effectively and will gain practical tips on how to ensure their clients are fully compensated for their injuries.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

Causes of Stroke (and examples of successful claims)

• Haemorrhagic
• Ischaemic - thrombotic v embolic
• TIAs

Treatments and Outcomes

• Timing of intervention for thrombolysis - Ward v Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS FT
• Thrombectomy
• Aspirin/blood thinners

Liability Investigations

• Where to start?
• The importance of factual evidence re. onset of symptoms
• Understanding the key medical records
• Getting to grips with the literature at the outset - don’t rely on your expert’s interpretation of the literature
• Trial - split v ‘all in one’ - which is better for the Claimant?
• Pursuing a stroke case to successful liability trial - Pickering v Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022]

Quantum

• Effective case management and the importance of the INA
• The importance of factual evidence at the outset to guide expert selection
• Which experts are appropriate and the timing of their instruction
• Understanding family dynamics
• Obtaining IPs - the benefit of managing on-going disclosure
• The interplay between treating therapists and your experts
• The importance of understanding your client to safeguard their future