This seminar covered a wide variety of subject areas relating to the Civil Justice System.
- Access to justice for victims and Survivors;
- Civil litigation;
- Limitation, including: limitation as a barrier and a defence in civil litigation; proposals for reform;
- Civil litigation, including: the nature of the adversarial system; the spectrum of both claimant and defendant approaches to bringing/defending claims;identifying the correct defendant/insurer; disclosure; investigating the claim; legal issues and defences; the use of single or joint experts; early offers of settlement; settlement without admissions; and apologies;
- Compensation, including: causation of injury; quantification of damages; provision for treatment; payment options;
- Other types of accountability and reparation, including: acknowledgment of abuse; accountability within the civil justice system; admissions of institutional liability; the value of apologies; face-to-face meetings; learning lessons and preventing recurrence; access to wider support;
- Possible reforms to civil litigation, including: pre-action protocol; guiding principles; duty of candour; ADR; specialist judges; increased judicial powers and sanctions; support;
- A redress scheme, including: advantages and disadvantages; investigation and assessment process; tariffs; comparative models; funding; legal representation;
These seminars are directly related to the Accountability & Reparations investigation.