Upcoming Events

This one day conference has been designed for solicitors, barristers and junior doctors to illustrate the key medico-legal issues in surgery and is an excellent opportunity to learn from leading surgeons and develop your understanding to assist you in your cases. This course does assume basic medical knowledge, and is aimed towards those looking to (more…)

Quantifying damages and costs in clinical negligence cases requires maintaining balance between the clients’ needs, expectations and financial compensation. This conference will assess general and special damages in quantum cases, looking at past and future loss; care costs and negotiating and settlement. Quantifying heads of damage in fatal accidents and dependency claims, life after settlement (more…)

Over the past 6 years there has been a 50% increase in the number of older people not receiving appropriate care, according to research published by Age UK, the Alzheimer’s Society and the BBC. Join the ‘Medico-Legal Issues in Older People Care’ conference to recognise the issues impacting on older people’s care, differentiate expected complications (more…)

Quantifying damages and costs in clinical negligence cases requires maintaining balance between the clients’ needs, expectations and financial compensation.  Following the popularity of the ‘Best Practice in Quantum’ conferences in 2014, AvMA are delighted to bring you updated events to be held in London on 22 November 2016 and Liverpool on 23 March 2017. The (more…)

This day course, aimed at both the newcomer and the experienced expert witness, will explain and explore the essential legal concepts that the clinical expert witness must understand in order to provide expert evidence in a clinical negligence claim.  To be effective in this field (and to avoid professional criticism) the clinician must be familiar (more…)