9:00am–9:45am: Registration and Refreshments
9:45am–9:50am: Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
- Speaker: Alannah McGurk BL
9:50am–10:30am: Medical Negligence Costs and the Impact on the Health Service
- Speaker: Professor Gabrielle Colleran, President, Irish Hospital Consultants Association
10:30am–11:10am: Nervous Shock and Insights from Kinsella v Carter
- Speaker: Jonathan Kilfeather SC
11:10am–11:30am: Refreshment Break
11:30am–12:10pm: Session TBC (speaker UK medical expert TBC)
12:10pm–12:50pm: Delays in Diagnosis of Hip Dysplasia
- Speaker: Will Jones, Partner, Fieldfisher (London)
12:50pm–1:50pm: Lunch break
1:50pm–2:30pm: Why Are So Many People Dying, or Being Seriously Injured, in Irish Hospitals?
- Speaker: Aideen McGarry, Solicitor, Cantillions Solicitors
- The role of the risk department in Irish hospitals — How it is supposed to work
- Case studies analysing the role and response of the risk department in the context of clinical negligence litigation
- What lessons can be learned
2:30pm–3:10pm: The Benefits of Case Management in Catastrophic Injuries
- Speaker: Siobhan McSweeney, CEO, Registered Case Manager, Nursing Consultant, Expert Witness, MCS Case Management Limited
3:10pm–3:30pm: Refreshment Break
3:30pm–4:10pm: Navigating the Future of Medical Evidence: AI and Medico-Legal Case Strategy
- Speaker: Steve Fleming, Founder & CEO, Sidelight AI
4:10pm–4:15pm: Chair’s Closing Remarks
- Speaker: Alannah McGurk BL
