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Training Course Summary:

This course will enable you to make confident judgements and choices as to whether to fight the civil claim against you or your organisation. It provides the opportunity to relate case law back to your own experience and provides relevant examples and case studies to arm you with the knowledge to best protect your organisation.

Who Should Attend:

Key individuals responsible for putting together defences against civil claims on behalf of their organisation. Particularly relevant for senior managers, HR directors and health and safety officers.

Training Course Overview/Content:

• The legislative framework
– The law relating to civil claims
– Risk projection
– The causes of litigation
– The costs of damage and loss
• Structure of a claim
– All pre-claim action procedures
– Statement claim and its legal defence
– What limitations in law may apply
– Witness statements and evidence protocols
– Disclosure of relevant documents
– Trial preparation and briefings
• Defence
– Making the choice to fight the claim or not
– The types of proof explained
– The need for effective evidence
– Legal procedures and arguments
• How to settle the claims
– How not to make unsafe decisions
– Court payments
– Use of imagination and remedial actions
• Damages
– Loss to the claimant
– Financial loss – both past and future projections
– Employment issues regarding any disadvantage that may take place
– Costs and expenses, and fee agreements
– An overview of the actions of the Compensation Recovery Unit.