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Accidents abroad

Run Time
43 Minutes
Learning Method
On-Demand Training
Practice Area
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Available Until
31/05/2025

Price £130.00

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Description

In this Webinar, Carin Hunt from Outer Temple Chambers discuss Accidents Abroad. The following topics are covered:

  • Jurisdiction:
    • The Tort Getaway- Decisions Since Brownlie: Charlton v Deffert [2022] EWHC 2378 (KB) and Moore & Anor v MACIF [2022] EW Misc 11 (CC) – D had failed to establish that France was not clearly or distinctly the more appropriate forum.
    • Challenging Jurisdiction: A Warning on Costs: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC v Shetty & Ors [2022] EWHC 1020 (Comm)
  • Applicable law:
    • A matter of Interpretation: Deane v Barker & Ors [2022] EWHC 1523 (QB)
    • Spanish Penalty Interest: Nicholls v Mapfre & Woodward v Mapfre [2023] EWHC 1031 (KB)
  • Enforcement of Judgements:
    • Government Consultation on the planned ratification of the Hague Convention of 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters.
  • Accidents at Sea:
    • Change of Procedure: CPR PD 61 Paras 2.6-2.8- Amendment to the CPR means that from 6th April 2023, Claimants are no longer always required to commence Athens Convention Proceedings in the Admiralty Court.
  • Accidents during Travel by Air:
    • The Meaning of ‘Accident’: Arthern v Ryanair [2023] EWHC 46 (KB)
    • Who is an ‘agent’: Mather v EasyJet Airline Co Ltd S.L.T. 209 (2023)
  • Medical Tourism:
    • FDCO Warning on Medical Tourism in Turkey
  • Package Holidays:
    • Challenging Local Standards Experts Evidence: Fawcett v TUI UK Ltd [2023] EWHC 400 (KB)
    • No claims for third party beneficiaries in s.75 CCA Claims: Cooper v Freedom Travel Group and Bank of Scotland (Halifax) [2022] EWCA Civ 1557

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Speakers

Carin Hunt

Barrister

Outer Temple

Carin Hunt joined Chambers in September 2019, following her pupillage in which she gained experience across the core practice areas of chambers, including clinical negligence and personal injury, employment, international injury and travel, private client, court of protection, pensions, and public law. Prior to the Bar, Carin read Law at St Catherine’s College Oxford, after which she became a Consultant at the UNRWA Dispute Tribunal in Jordan, dealing principally with UN employment law. Carin has a background in Medical Ethics and Medical Law. She interned at the Global Health Ethics Department of the World Health Organisation in 2014 and then completed a Masters in Medical Law and Ethics at King’s College London (2015/2016), receiving a Distinction. Thereafter Carin held roles as a Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, a Seminar Leader at University College Dublin, and as a Research Assistant in the Law Faculties of Oxford and UCL. She has presented academic papers in the fields of Neurolaw, consent systems in organ donation, and the regulation of human reproductive technologies.
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