Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, LondonWednesday, 8 February 2017

The road ahead conference

Motor liability and insurance is in a state of fluxWe are at the threshold of a new age in motor transport. Safer automated vehicle systems, recently dismissed as science fantasy, are already being road tested. Major reforms to RTA liability as well as motor insurance are likely to be introduced within a new Modern Transport Bill. These could be the most significant and potentially disruptive changes to motor liability and insurance for sixty years.

Driverless vehicles have obvious implications for the future viability of legal practice and the motor insurance sector. This technology raises entirely new liability issues. Added to this, the Government is finally waking up to the realisation that much of its national law provision in this area is defective and in breach of the European law minimum standards. Then there are the implications of Brexit and the realisation that third party cover ought to include product liability (but doesn’t), and the Ministry of Justice’s latest proposals on whiplash injuries and the small claims track.

Throughout the day we shall hear from both claimant and defendant experts; listen to the cutting edge perspectives of leading insurers and practitioners in this field; we will consider whether there are any areas of common interest and how best to prepare for these changes.

The day promises to be informative, interesting, and challenging and we urge you to book now to secure your place. The venue is the superb Marriott Grosvenor Square, in Mayfair.

This conference is relevant to business owners and practitioners, APIL members, FOIL members, academics, JPIL subscribers, insurers, actuaries, and the judiciary.

Corporate accredited firms: £200 + VATAPIL/FOIL members: £235 + VAT

JPIL subscribers: £235 + VATNon-members: £340 + VAT

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APIL: all levels5.5 CPD hours

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Held in conjunction with FOIL and JPIL

SpeakersNicholas BevanNick is a solicitor with over 20 years experience in personal injury. He was senior counsel at Bond Pearce and is now a legal consultant on motor insurance, European law and MIB liability, an accredited mediator and a well known legal commentator and presenter.

Matthew ChannonMatthew is a teaching fellow in law at the University of Southampton and is completing his PhD in Law at the University of Exeter. His research interests are focussed around motor insurance law and the law of driverless cars. He is co-authoring the first book on ‘Law and Driverless Cars’.

James DaltonDirector of general insurance policy at the ABI. James has responsibility for leading the ABI’s work on property, liability, health and motor insurance issues, including flooding policy, civil justice reform, tackling insurance fraud and the issues associated with legacy claims.

John McQuaterJohn is a partner at Atherton Godfrey, Doncaster, where he is head of litigation with overall responsibility for the personal injury, clinical negligence, employment and dispute resolution teams. John is a past president of APIL and he currently holds the post of APIL secretary.

Lucy McCormickLucy is a commercial barrister at Henderson Chambers specialising in insurance, product liability, and personal injury. She has a particular interest in autonomous vehicles, and regularly speaks on this topic. She is co-authoring the first book on ‘Law and Driverless Cars’.

Don ClarkeDon is the treasurer and a former president of FOIL. He is director of strategy at Keoghs, with over 20 years’ experience of defendant personal injury litigation. Don spent a number of years in the counter-fraud arena, assisting insurers in relation to their counter-fraud strategies. More recently, he has focused on credit hire.

Colin EttingerColin is a solicitor and partner with Irwin Mitchell. He is head of their personal injury department at their London office and he has been practising personal injury litigation for over 35 years. Colin is a past president of APIL and is currently a member of the APIL EC.

Rod EvansRod is a former president of FOIL. He has spent the last 30 years in insurance litigation and is a partner and head of Horwich Farrelly’s Southampton office. He specialises in catastrophic personal injury and large loss fraud claims.

Neil SugarmanNeil has been on the APIL executive committee since 2005 and he is currently the president and a fellow of the association. He qualified as a solicitor in 1981 and has practised exclusively in the field of personal injury litigation. He has been themanaging partner of GLP Solicitors of Bury, Greater Manchester since 1999.

Nigel TeasdaleNigel is president of FOIL and he is currently a director of Medco. He is a partner of DWF and head of their motor, fraud and costs teams. He is responsible for the operational delivery of those teams. His background is in dealing with motor claims, particularly large loss.

Nigel TomkinsNigel is the digest editor of JPIL. He is also the treasurer and a fellow of APIL, who has over 40 years experience as a specialist personal injury lawyer. Formerly he was associate professor of civil litigation with the College of Law and consultant director of APIL training.

David WilliamsDavid has over thirty years’ insurance experience through roles including reinsurance manager, casualty insurance manager, and managing director, claims. David is now technical director for AXA Insurance.

Programme*09.00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 09:35 Welcome to the conference Chair: Nigel Tomkins, APIL Treasurer, JPIL Digest Editor, NT Consultancy, Nottingham

09:35 – 10:15 Joint presidential address Speakers: Neil Sugarman, APIL President, GLP Solicitors, Bury Nigel Teasdale, FOIL President, DWF Solicitors

10:15 – 11:00 Contextual briefing Why TP motor insurance is in flux: - Overly complicated regulation - Conflict of law issues: UK / EU - Brexit implications - Technological innovation - A new opportunity? Speaker: Nicholas Bevan, Legal Consultant on Motor Insurance, European Law and MIB Liability, and Accredited Mediator

11:00 – 11:30 Refreshment break

11:30 – 12:00 An insurer perspective - Fraud and exaggeration - Whiplash - Cost of claims Speaker: James Dalton, Director of General Insurance Policy, ABI, London

12:00 – 12:30 A claimant perspective - Third party insurer assistance/legal representative - Restitution principle diminished - Lack of clarity in third party protection etc. Speaker: John McQuater, APIL Secretary, Past APIL President, Atherton Godfrey, Doncaster

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 13:35 Welcome back

13:35 – 14:20 Automated transport - What’s covered? - General liability and/or product liability? - Government proposals for legislation - Drones/driverless vehicles Speaker: Matthew Channon, University of Exeter, Exeter Lucy McCormick, Henderson Chambers, London

14:20 – 14:50 Future trends in motor insurance Speakers: Nicholas Bevan, Legal Consultant David Williams, Technical Director, AXA Insurance, Ipswich

14:50 – 15:20 Refreshment break

15:20 – 16:20 Panel session: Working together - Civil justice reforms - how have they influenced behaviours? - Working together and what can we do better? - Future reform – what do we have in common? - What would we like to see from the Government – third party capture, uninsured and untraced drivers Panel members: Don Clarke, FOIL Treasurer, Keoghs Solicitors, Bolton Colin Ettinger, JPIL Board Member, Past APIL President, Irwin Mitchell, London Rod Evans, Former FOIL President, Horwich Farrelly, Fareham Neil Sugarman, APIL President, GLP Solicitors, Bury

16:20 - 17:00 JPIL case and comment Covering RTA cases on indemnity issues including insurance, MIB and Ex Turpi Causa Speakers: John McQuater and Nigel Tomkins

17:00 Close of conference *Speakers, topics and timings may be subject to change

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Road ahead conference 2017Wednesday, 8 February - Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, London

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