To Grit Or Not To Grit?

Title: To Grit Or Not To Grit?

Time: Registration/Lunch 12.00noon, 12.30 start, until 13.30pm

Cost: Lecture free; Lunch £5 per person (book in advance, pay on the day)

Speaker: Emma Jackson, DAC Beachcroft

Content

• Provide an overview of the Occupiers Liability Acts 1957 and 1984.
• How to investigate and defend claims involving slips and trips on ice/snow.

Who should attend?

• Anyone involved in the EL/PL area of the market and anyone with an interest in your legal responsibility as an owner/occupier of a premises.

Learning Objectives

• To gain an overview of the Occupiers Liability Acts 1957 and 1984
  
• To understand the basis for defending a claim under the Occupiers Liability Act
  
• To understand the specific responsibilities of occupiers when there is snow/ice
  
• To identify the steps the insured needs to take to defend a claim arising from an accident on snow/ice
  
• To identify the documents that the insured needs to produce to defend a claim arising from a failure to grit
  

  Speaker Biography

  Emma Jackson is an associate with DAC Beachcroft with over 19 years' experience of dealing with Employers and Public Liability claims for insurers and self-insureds. During that time Emma has worked on a wide range of cases and has successfully defended occupiers liability claims involving commercial premises (Hood v Mite Property[2005] All ER (D) 11 (Jul)) and domestic premises. Emma also has experience of dealing with complex and catastrophic claims.