Events

Consultations and Events coming up in 2025 updated 16 December 2024

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The PNLA is delighted to be holding more regional events in 2025 including Bristol and the inaugural collaboration with PNLA and Bristol Law Society as well as returning to London please see some lovely memories attached at Bates Wells offices in London on 11 November 2024 for the PNLA 20 years celebrations with Keynote Speaker Lord Briggs – 2025 further planned events will take place in Dublin – a collaboration with Holmes and FOIL – Manchester with We Solicitors – Birmingham or London with Shoosmiths LLP – Scotland – The Signet Library – London – Outer Temple Chambers. Please do not hesitate to contact members of the PNLA Management Team if we can be of assistance to you and we hope to see you at one of our events soon!.

A wonderful celebration took place on London – 11 November 2024 marking the 20 years anniversary of the PNLA.

Keynote Address Justice of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Briggs of Westbourne. Chaired by Patrick Lawrence KC. Kindly hosted by Tim Constable of Bates Wells Solicitors – sponsors Dominic Tucker and Timothy La Tulippe of iDiscovery Solutions.

A few highlights are shown in the image above and our very grateful thanks to those involved and who attended the event.

Keynote speaker Lord Briggs said “For 20 years, the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association has sought to provide a forum for concerns, recommendations, and best practices to be shared among the community of professional negligence lawyers and experts, and a conduit for those ideas to be channelled beyond that community, in particular to those who might have some access to the levers of power, and to the magic money tree. The association’s stated aim is to improve the dispute resolution process in professional negligence cases, and I have no doubt as to the immense contribution it has made to that end over the two decades of its existence.”

With those words in mind two consultations from the Civil Justice Council have emerged in Autumn 2024 which we hope will generate discussions within the PNLA for looming changes in professional negligence practice. We invite feedback in the two posts linked below as to:

  • Amendments to the Professional Negligence Pre-Action Protocol
  • The CJC consultation on litigation funding & costs – responses due by 31 January 2025

Events coming up in 2025

6 March 2025 – Bristol – “Types of Professional” – the first  conference in collaboration with The Bristol Law Society and the PNLA – very kindly hosted by Ben Holt partner of Veale Wasborough Vizards LLP –

SAVE THE DATE – 20 March 2025 – Manchester – “Fighting for Justice” – the first conference to be hosted by David Wingate of We Solicitors and Jamie Molloy of Ignite Specialty Risk

Date TBC – “Lender Claims” – the first conference to be hosted by the PNLA with Lender Claims Group Chair Andrew Foyle of Shoosmiths LLP

Date TBC – Dublin – the first collaboration between PNLA, Holmes and the Forum for Insurance Lawyers

Date TBC – London – The Ultimate Roundup III – Jayna Patel of Dutton Gregory and Outer Temple Chambers

SAVE THE DATE  – 23 October 2025 – Edinburgh – PNLA and WS Society annual conference

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  • The Professional Negligence Lawyers’ Association Limited registered in England and Wales No 5206167. Registered Office: 61 Macrae Road Pill Bristol BS20 0DD England
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