It's all about the final outcome. A win without an award of damages is not a win. This is your chance to hear from 3 experts providing tips and strategies on ways to ensure that you are equipped to maximise damages in personal injury claims. Sharpen your legal skills on assessing and pleading a claim and learn tips to ensure that your knowledge of financial and accounting principles contribute to a better outcome for your client. Understand the latest in assessing damages in cases on unlawful detention.

Presenters

Paul Blacket SC, Sir James Hall Chambers
Paul Blacket SC was admitted to the Bar in 1978, having served his apprenticeship for five years as both Articled Clerk and employed Solicitor. He took Silk in 1999 and practices at 13th Floor, St James Hall in a wide range of matters including catastrophic and major personal injury, professional negligence, appellate work, administrative work, particularly involving professional misconduct, and work generally in relation to insurance. He has also practised extensively in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation and has been at various times a Supreme and District Court, and Dust Diseases Tribunal Mediator, Arbitrator and Contributions Assessor. He has been extensively involved recently and for the last three years in the matter of Beckett v The State of New South Wales which concluded before Christmas after thirty-one days before Justice Harrison, having been once to the High Court and twice to the Court of Appeal on the way. He is interested in Aviation Law and Medical Malpractice and sees the potential for common lawyers in many aspects and complexities of professional sport and law. He has provided pro bono sports law assistance to a number of professional and amateur sports players.

Tony Kerin, Partner, Grope Hamilton Lawyers
Tony is a partner at Grope Hamilton Lawyers and has been a lawyer since 1985. Tony has practiced over broad areas of law until the later 1990's when he began to specialise in personal injuries litigation, WorkCover, criminal and employment law. He has worked as a managing partner of leading plaintiff law firms Johnston Withers in the past for the best part of 30 years and also helped Maurice Blackburn set up its office in Adelaide, in recent times. With management behind him, Tony has returned to practice as a solicitor and barrister and has held the position of State President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance SA Branch for 9 years, National Director for a similar period and National President in the years 2012 and 2013. Tony has acted for a number of institutional and sexual abuse clients and continues to be passionate about the practice of the law for individuals in particular.


Kain Elsmore, Director - Forensic Commercial, Vincents
Kain has been a director in the forensic division at Vincents since 2016, and started his accounting career with them in 2007. Throughout his career, Kain has specialised in the preparation of forensic accounting reports for litigation in personal injury matters. Kain has prepared reports in various jurisdictions throughout Australia, and his practice relates to dust disease matters, medical negligence, dependency / nervous shock claims and institutional abuse. Having previously been a Chef in the United Kingdom and Australia, Kain studied for his Bachelor of Commerce in Brisbane and subsequently attained a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting.


Jane Campbell, Financial Adviser and Principal, Aeran Pty Ltd
Jane is a nationally recognised expert in the management of personal injury compensation. For more than two decades she has been assisting personal injury lawyers, plaintiffs and their families in the lead up to and post-settlement. Jane is the Principal of Aeran Pty Ltd, an independent financial advice business. Aeran was founded 10 years ago to ensure a client-first approach to financial advice, investments and service for vulnerable people. Our clients are located Australia-wide. Our independence guarantees that the advice is purely in the best interests of clients, not biased or compromised by conflicts of interest. Jane is a Certified Financial Planner and maintains her qualifications as a lawyer. Jane has been a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance since 1999 and is a longstanding NSW Committee member. She is actively involved in seeking to protect the rights of injured people.