Wednesday 20 November 2024 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
£57.00 - £171.00
The focus of the course will be on the practical steps involved in preparing a claim for damages for unlawful immigration detention.
Civil claims for unlawful immigration detention: practice and procedure
Level: Intermediate- Advanced
Description:
The focus of the course will be on the practical steps involved in preparing a claim for damages for unlawful immigration detention. Topics to be covered include:
– Investigating a claim and initial steps
– Funding
– Limitation
– Pre-action steps
– Identifying the cause(s) of action
– Issuing claims including choice of venue
– Anonymity
– Statements of case
– Allocation and costs budgeting
– Disclosure
– Witness statements (including approach to non English speaking witnesses)
– Expert evidence
– Preparation for trial
– Types of damages available
– Personal injury
– Assessing quantum
– Settlement negotiations and ADR
– Costs including QOCS and recent reforms
The course will cover the impact of the fixed recoverable costs reforms on allocation and case management, settlement and Part 36 and costs recovery.
Audience: Solicitors and barristers whose work includes civil damages claims arising from immigration detention.
Aim of Course: To introduce practitioners to the practical and procedural steps in conducting unlawful detention claims in the civil courts.
Type of Course: Practical/ Overview
The course focusses on civil procedure and practical issues in Part 7 claims. It does not deal with substantive law and policy. It does not address other mechanisms of challenge (JR/bail).
Tutors: Graham Denholm, Doughty Street Chambers, Janet Farrell, Bhatt Murphy Solicitors, Jed Pennington, Wilson Solicitors.
Please book at https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3047-civil-claims-for-unlawful-immigration-detention/