Date: Friday 15 October 2021

Time: 13.00 - 14.00

Cost: £11.50 + VAT per person

CPD Hours: 1 Group Study

This session will be delivered by Nicola Niblock, ASM Accountants and Alison Hollywood, PWC.

The presentation will consider the approach to special loss claims in typical personal injury cases. It will examine the general principles underlying special loss claims, the various types of special losses that may arise and some of the practical steps to be taken and information to be obtained in order to allow the calculation of the various losses.

Nicola Niblock - ASM Accountants

Nicola is the head of the ASM’s forensic accountancy practice in Northern Ireland.

Nicola is well known and highly regarded within legal circles in Northern Ireland andhas worked as an expert witness for over 25 years. Nicola has extensive experience and has provided expert evidence in Court on numerous occasions for personal injury, fatality, commercial, fraud and matrimonial cases. Nicola has also acted for cases in the Republic of Ireland and for English solicitors.

With regard to personal injury cases Nicola acts for both plaintiff and defence and has acted in numerous complex cases involving settlements of over seven figure sums. Nicola has also extensive experience of periodical payment orders inNorthern Ireland.

Alison Hollywood

Alison is a Director in PwC’s Disputes Practice and she has extensive claims and forensic accounting experience having specialised in Disputes engagements for over 20 years.

In summary Alison has advised clients in a wide range of disputes including those related to breach of contract, professional negligence, insurance claims and a wide range of quantum related matters.

She has given evidence in proceedings in the UK, in the High Court, in Arbitration, and Tribunals, and assisted clients at mediation.

She has also written technical updates for legal publications, including Litigation Support: Guide to Financial Assessment of Damages and Forensic Accounting.

All Tickets are non-refundable & non-transferable.

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