ASBESTOS DISEASE TRAINING IN JERSEY

It is a pleasure to have Daniel Easton join me in Jersey to co present on asbestos related disease claims for the Jersey Personal Injury and Medico Legal Society.  This is a fascinating area of the law and a really tricky area of practice and it will be very interesting to compare experiences in this very different jurisdiction.

We plan the following programme:

09.00	Registration
09.30	Introduction – scene setting Basics on asbestos and its uses The hazard presented / asbestos related diseases
10.45	Refreshment break
11.00	Establishing liability Developing knowledge of the hazard Evolving regulatory control Duty of Care: to whom is the duty owed? Foreseeability, just how much foresight? The significance of UK statutory duties Discussion: comparison with Jersey legislative and customary law
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Causation and Insurance issues Causation, but for test and divisibility and apportionment The special modified rule Contributory negligence Asymptomatic illnesses, pleural plaques, Johnston v NEI
14.45	Insurer liability, anomalies between public and employers liability The new equitable right of contribution, Zurich v IEG UKSC 2015 Tracing UK insurers, transfer of third party rights DMPS scheme and other state benefits
15.15	UK Procedural issues Jurisdiction and applicable law Limitation issues Disease and Illness Pre-action Protocol & Meso Practice Direction
15.45	Refreshment break
16.00	Implications for Jersey Discussion / Q&A around UK procedures and quantum issues
17.00	Close To book a place please download the application form from the JPIMS website. Link to JPIMS website