If you were unable to join our live webinars the recordings are available to view online so you do not miss any important legal and industry updates.
This webinar provides an introduction to the basics of claims against self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers and trustees and the approach taken by the Ombudsman and the Courts, including the long-awaited decision in the landmark case Adams v Carey Pensions.
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In this webinar we considered the impact of these abandoned containers on the insurance industry in terms of both cargo insurance and freight liability insurance. We also considered the losses arising from such claims and the extent to which these might be covered under such policies.
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Our miscellaneous professionals webinar covered upcoming trends and predictions for claims against miscellaneous professions within tech and media firms, data analysts, loss adjusters and claims handlers.
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Kennedys and the ICIC's webinar aimed at underwriters, brokers and claims adjusters, covered how civil unrest affects the cargo market.
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Aimed at manufacturers, brokers, underwriters and claims managers, our speakers discussed the current case law and provided an insight on future trends.
Here they covered the following:
In this webinar our speakers discussed upcoming trends and predictions for claims against real estate professions, testing, inspection and certification firms, telecommunication specialists and insurers working in the facilities management field.
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We are delighted to have held a webinar hosted alongside leading professional indemnity insurance brokers Griffiths & Armour which focused on the professional indemnity market for solicitors, causes of claims, how to successfully recover fees and a new claims trend concerning SDLT multiple dwelling relief.
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In this webinar, speakers from across our European network, including France, Germany, Ireland, Spain and the UK, covered insurance issues relating to modern methods of construction, including adoption of such methods, issues of off-site fabrication of structural elements and their incorporation in the works and policy response.
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We are delighted to have held our financial lines webinar, with guest speaker Eric Dolden - Dolden Wallace Folick LLP, where we focused on securities class actions in the US and Canada.
Our speakers explored the following topics:
US perspective
Canadian perspective
We are delighted to invite you to a webinar we are hosting next week in association with Perrin Conferences, where we will explore the future of autonomous vehicles and the potential impact on business.
Topics for discussion include:
• The road to automation: what is the vision?
• Who is winning the race to autonomous vehicles, why and how?
• Obstacles to the technology: what do consumers really think?
• Insurance coverage: the changing face of risk and insurance models.
• Challenges ahead: litigation, data and morality.
We are delighted to have hosted a webinar aimed at claims handlers and underwriters within insurers and also brokers and risk managers in accountancy firms.
In this webinar our speakers covered the following topics:
Part one - a UK and US perspective on the future of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
Part one of our series provided a UK and US perspective on the future of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution where:
We are delighted to have hosted our virtual women in business event on Thursday 26 November 2020 where we we focused on diversity and inclusion.
The event saw our global managing partner and diversity champion, Suzanne Liversidge joined by our guest speaker - Rose St Louis, Insurance Director at KPMG LLP.
With the Brexit transition period ending on 31 December 2020, our webinar covered EU rules on jurisdiction and law.
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We are delighted to have held our solicitors professional liability webinar.
Our experts reviewed three issues which we expect will become prevalent in claims against solicitors in 2021:
We are delighted to have held an insightful discussion on vaccine development against the backdrop of a pandemic, and an update on the introduction and risks of human challenge trials.
This webinar was aimed at insurance claims handlers, underwriters, start-ups, medical device, med-tech and pharmaceutical companies and in-house counsel, academics and disrupters in the industry.
In this event we celebrated the launch of the latest edition of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice: A Practitioner’s Guide, where we discussed some of the key opportunities and threats facing the claims handling profession.
During our commercial construction webinar we provided an overview of the most recent case law, imminent law changes and industry news within the world of commercial construction law.
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Our first webinar in this series addressed the following:
As part of our webinar series we addressed the following with speakers from CBRE:
Here we held the fourth webinar of our weekly series for SMEs where we considered adjustments businesses need to make in times of financial distress or pressure. The session covered:
We held our webinar on cryptoassets aimed at claims handlers, underwriters and anyone that deals with cryptoassets.
We were joined by Christopher Lundie and George Hilton from 2 Temple Gardens, who joined Kennedys' Alexandra Miller and Danny Steel to discuss:
We held the fifth webinar of our weekly series for SMEs where we considered contractual issues during COVID-19, including:
Here we held the sixth and final webinar of our weekly series for SMEs where we considered the following:
This webinar is designed as a helpful introduction for anyone new to construction law, but will also be a handy refresher on basic principles for those more experienced.
During this recording we covered:
We held our webinar aimed at construction and hire purchase firms, along with SMEs and non-residential landlords and tenants, who wish to gain further insight into the criteria related to applying for temporary relief for the inability to perform contracts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The session covered:
In this session, we reviewed what HR is required to do to ensure GDPR compliance in relation to staff records. We also considered the rights of 'data subjects' (i.e. individuals) under the GDPR and how these rights may be enforced.
This webinar, in association with BExA, focused on:
The UAE legal landscape has witnessed a long promised change following the enactment of the UAE Arbitration Law (Federal Law No.6/2018). However, two years since the promulgation of the Law, a question remains whether the UAE’s first stand-alone law on arbitration has brought any significant impact on the growth of arbitration and the supervisory role of the UAE Courts.
During this webinar, in association with LexisNexis, we put the matter to the test, providing a comparative analysis of the recent onshore and offshore UAE Court decisions, covering issues of capacity, jurisdiction, arbitrability, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
We are delighted to have held our lunchtime bite-size construction update, aimed at those in the construction industry.
During this lunchtime session, we provided an overview of the most recent case law and industry news within the world of commercial construction law. This update is designed to get you up to speed on the latest legal issues.
We are delighted to have held our employment law breakfast webinar, aimed at human resources teams and those managing workplace issues.
During this webinar our speakers discussed what is happening in the world of employment law including:
We are delighted to have held our our employment law update for HR and OD professionals working in the healthcare industry.
We are delighted to have held our webinar aimed at those that deal with debt recovery and commercial litigation. Those that watch this webinar gain the knowledge about the way in which debt recovery and enforcement of debts has changed during the pandemic and trends emerging in the collection of debts; a fresh approach embracing the digitisation of the court system and ADR.
Our panel discussed:
Kennedys is delighted to have partnered with NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice Service to deliver a practical and solutions focused session looking at the performance management of doctors.
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Here we held our HSE webinar where we explained when healthcare and other organisations should have reported a death from COVID-19 under RIDDOR, what steps to take to prepare in the event that an Inspector makes contact with a view to undertaking a formal criminal investigation, dealing with those investigations and what are the possible outcomes and consequences for organisations. We also covered the circumstances when an inquest will be held for a COVID-19 related death.
As part of our annual healthcare seminar programme Katie Gollop QC, from Serjeants Inn, spoke about capacity and consent and when to go to the Court of Protection.
Kennedys' global healthcare team are delighted to have held the first webinar of our annual 2021 global healthcare webinar programme, our first jurisdiction in focus was Israel.
Yaron Ben-Dan, Partner, Kennedys reviewed the Israeli healthcare structure and discuss the relationships between public and private healthcare providers and the current insurance providers in Israel. Yaron provided an overview of the judicial process, current trends and interesting rulings in the Israeli courts system and discuss the measures of damages and quantum.
A webinar as part of our webinar series where we focused on the hot topics affecting the motor liability industry.
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A webinar as part of our employers' liability and public liability webinar series where covered the following:
A webinar as part of our webinar series where we focused on the hot topics affecting the motor liability industry.
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Here our specialists started to look at the fraud pipeline from detection through to deterrence.
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A webinar as part of our employers' liability and public liability webinar series where covered COVID-19 and claims trends - How furlough impacts investigations, the developing employment landscape and potential for claims:
A webinar as part of our webinar series where we focused on the hot topics affecting the motor liability industry.
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A webinar as part of our employers' liability and public liability webinar series where we covered the following:
A webinar as part of our webinar series where we focused on the hot topics affecting the motor liability industry.
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Here we held our occupational disease webinar where we focused on stress at work and work related neck and upper limb disorder (WRULD) claims and the impact that COVID-19 has had on these claims.
We had expert speakers from our Northern Ireland, Scotland and Republic of Ireland offices discuss the next steps for COVID-19 in each of their jurisdictions, including:
A webinar as part of our webinar series where we focused on the hot topics affecting the motor liability industry.
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The latest webinar in our fraud series looked at technology and investigations.
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During this webinar we focused on:
During this webinar we focused on:
The MOJ portal:
Mistakes in the portal:
During the latest in our fraud webinar series we explored the fraud life cycle in insurance claims with the opportunities and pitfalls of field investigations.
During this webinar we discussed EL or PL vs motor issues and if we are seeing any post-lockdown trends emerging.
During this webinar we discussed the main changes of the new Ogden Tables (published in August) but also the new battlegrounds and examined tactical opportunites for claimants and defendants.
During this webinar we discussed fraud and tinnitus in RTA claims.
During this webinar we focused on:
During this webinar we focused on:
The webinar followed the progress of a mock trial following a slipping accident in a school. We will consider the importance of e-bundles and the format of the remote trial, outlining how this differs from a trial in person.
During this webinar our speakers discussed the following topics:
In this webinar, where we explored the fraud life cycle in insurance claims, Senior Associates Nicola Smith and Zoe Alexander discussed:
We are pleased to have held the twenty first webinar in our Motor Webinar series. During this webinar Ian Davies and Richard West, Partners at Kennedys, discussed the impact of COVID-19 on the global legal casualty and motor market and what impact the challenges may have in the future.
In addition Mark Walsh, also a Kennedys Partner, provided a high level overview of the Swift v Carpenter decision on accommodation claims.
We are pleased to have held the twenty second webinar in our Motor Webinar series. During this webinar we focused on:
The rise of the smombies
Case law update
We are pleased to have held the twenty third webinar in our motor webinar series. Based on previous attendee feedback we extended this session, making it more interactive focused in more detail on coverage issues between motor insurers and then EL or PL insurers
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We are delighted to have held our employers' liability and public liability webinar, where we welcomed guest speaker Dr Thushan de Silva who discussed the latest epidemiological evidence relating to COVID-19.
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We are delighted to have held our webinar, with guest speaker Katy Taylor - Go-Ahead Group, aimed at transport business risk managers and directors, insurers, insurance claims handlers and brokers. This webinar covered the ongoing challenges of the transport industry both prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We are pleased to have held the twenty fourth webinar in our motor webinar series. During this webinar we had a practical discussion regarding default judgments and the addition and substitution of defendants.
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We are delighted to have held our occupational disease webinar focusing on acoustic shock and hand-arm vibrations.
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We are delighted to have held our employers' liability and public liability webinar, where we welcomed guest speaker Dr Thushan de Silva who discussed the latest epidemiological evidence relating to COVID-19.
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This was a cross-jurisdictional webinar with the aim of giving an insight in to fraudulent claims in the jurisdictions of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Lawyers from our Edinburgh, Belfast and Dublin offices discussed recent developments concerning fraudulent claims and what insurers can do to help combat these types of claims. We also considered the likely impact of COVID-19 on the landscape of fraudulent claims.
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We are delighted to have held the final webinar in our Motor Webinar Wednesdays series where our panel of experts looked ahead and discussed some of the major factors that will impact the motor claims in 2021.
We are delighted to have held our local authority webinar 'claims in outdoor spaces', aimed at local authorities and claims managers. Karen Grant and Mandy Williams discussed different types of claims which may be advanced following accidents in outdoor spaces and consider the duties to the public to prevent accidents in areas such as parks, children's playgrounds, play equipment and on public rights of way.
Those watching will gain a useful overview on the types of claims that are being presented to local authorities whilst outdoor spaces are being used more regularly due to COVID-19.
During part two, Richard West, chaired an interactive panel discussion with Ian Davies, Peter Demick, Karim Derrick, John Gilfillan and Deborah Newberry, who explored:
We are delighted to have held the next webinar in our fraud webinar series where we are exploring the fraud life cycle in insurance claims. In this webinar our speakers focused on the challenge of fraudulent claims.
We are delighted to have held the first webinar in our bi weekly series for 2021. During this webinar our expert speakers covered the current hot topics affecting the motor industry including:
We are delighted to have held our catastrophic injury webinar, aimed at senior claims handlers and claims managers.
Our expert speakers gave an in-depth view on the key issues of 2020 and their implications for 2021 including:
We are delighted to have held our employers' liability and public liability webinar on Tuesday 26 January, where we welcomed speakers from across our product liability, healthcare and employment law teams who discussed the latest developments relating to the COVID-19 vaccine.
We are delighted to have held the first webinar of our continuing monthly fraud webinar series for 2021 in which we have been following the stages of the fraud process from detection to deterrence. This month we will continued to explore topics relating to challenging fraudulent claims and we focussed on fundamental dishonesty with partner, Martin Stockdale and senior associate, Nicola Smith.
MOJ stage 3 mock-trial
We are delighted to have held the second webinar in our biweekly series for 2021.
During this webinar we ran a virtual MOJ stage 3 mock-trial with guests speakers from Kings Chambers. We gave an experience of the submissions made by counsel for either party and judgement, which demonstrated a working example of what happens in these types of hearings.
In this event we celebrated the launch of the latest edition of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice: A Practitioner’s Guide, where we discussed some of the key opportunities and threats facing the claims handling profession.
What insurers need to know
The Justice Minister for Northern Ireland has launched a public consultation on increasing the general civil jurisdiction of the country courts in Northern Ireland.
We are delighted to have held our webinar where our expert speakers discussed:
The consultation goes further than previous recommendations, with the Department of Justice putting forward two options:
Our speakers considered the implications of both of the above options.
We are delighted to have held the third webinar in our biweekly series for 2021. Following the success of our MOJ Stage 3 mock trial, during this webinar we returned to the issues raised and the numerous questions we received. We also welcomed back Simon Young from Kings Chambers who gave his expert input on some of the queries raised.
During this session the questions we covered were not reliant on having witnessed the mock hearing. The focus was on tactical questions and common arguments such as:
Here we held the first webinar of our motor prosecution webinar series. In this webinar we covered:
Here we held the second webinar of our motor prosecution webinar series. In this webinar we covered:
Here we held the third webinar of our motor prosecution webinar series. In this webinar we covered:
We held the fourth and final webinar of our motor prosecution webinar series. In this webinar we covered:
We hosted our annual regulatory webinar where attendees gained an insight into this rapidly developing area of law.
Here we held our HSE webinar where we explained when healthcare and other organisations should have reported a death from COVID-19 under RIDDOR, what steps to take to prepare in the event that an Inspector makes contact with a view to undertaking a formal criminal investigation, dealing with those investigations and what are the possible outcomes and consequences for organisations. We also covered the circumstances when an inquest will be held for a COVID-19 related death.
We are delighted to have held our regulatory webinar focusing on the draft Building Safety Bill 2020 recently published by the Government.
In this webinar we summarised and explored the main points arising from the Building Safety Bill and how they will impact fire safety management systems in high-rise buildings from a practical point of view. We also considered what steps businesses can take to prepare for when the draft legislation becomes law.
We are delighted to have held an inquests webinar on Thursday 22 October 2020, aimed at insurers and corporates.
Our speakers provided an update in relation to the key aspects of inquests including, pre-inquest review hearings (PIRH), Article 2 and changes made as a result of COVID-19.
