Fatal Accident Claims - The Tricky Issues

Introduction

Most personal injury and clinical negligence practitioners will be familiar with the day-to-day issues surrounding fatal accident claims, but what about those trickier issues that hide within the statutes and the case law waiting to trip up the unsuspecting.

Fatal accident law is entirely a creature of statute and one that has been subject to significant criticism for many years. As a result, it is imperative that the procedural requirements of the statutory provisions are followed but, equally, the desire to balance the less palatable aspects of the legislation allow for broad application of principle by the court.

This webinar will look at the quirks of the legislation with a particular focus on the more complex issues that these cases give rise to.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Probate - when do you and don’t you need it and what about the cost?
• Limitation as between the LRMPA and FAA, including time limit variability for different dependants
• Funeral expenses and associated costs
• The potential for a fatal claim in the terminally ill and how to manage those cases
• Who to name in the proceedings and bringing the claim
• Do you need a condition and prognosis report?
• The interplay between sections 3 and 4 of the FAA. How and when to assess financial dependency loss for the deceased self-employed/family business owner using the cost of replacement services versus business profits/dividends

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 30th September 2025

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