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Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

Kraków, Poland

Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków

Kindly supported by:

12 KBW
BFP Law Firm
Farrar’s Building
HBSV Advocaten
Gostynski & Partners
Outer Temple Chambers

Wednesday 2 april 2025

Welcome day

19:00 – 22:00

Opening Drinks Reception

kindly sponsored by HBSV Advocaten, Belgium

Hotel Saski Kraków Curio Collection by Hilton
Ul. Sławkowska 3
31-041 Kraków

Thursday 3 april 2025

Day 1 RTA (5.5 CPD Points)

 

  • Katherine Allen – RTA SIG Chair/Hugh James, England & Wales
  • Ian Denham – RTA SIG Secretary/Outer Temple, England
Kath Allen
Ian Denham

09:00-09:30

Registration

09:30-09:40

Opening remarks

  • Ana Romero Porro – President of PEOPIL, Spain
  • Katherine Allen – RTA SIG Chair/Hugh James, England & Wales
  • tbc Polish Representative

09:40-10:20

Foreign RTA claims: What could possibly go wrong?

Speaker:

  • Philip Mead – 12 KBW, England

10:20 – 11:00

Low Velocity Impact Claims

Speakers:

  • Liam Moloney – Moloney & Co. Solicitors, Ireland
  • Donald Mackay – Compass Chambers, Scotland

11:00-11:30

Refreshment break

kindly sponsored by Outer Temple Chambers

11:30-13:00

Allegations of Fraud and Exaggeration in Road Traffic Collision Claims

Chair:

  • Ian Denham – Secretary RTA SIG/Outer Temple, England

Panellists:

  • Mildred Brun – Beer advocaten, Netherlands
  • Søren Vagner Nielsen – Plesner, Denmark
  • tbc

13:00-14:00

lunch 

14:00-14:40

Care Claims – Working with Care Experts for the Right Outcome

Speakers:

  • Christopher Deacon – Stewarts, England
  • Fiona Johnson – Fiona Johnson Ltd, England

14:40-15:15

Cross border claims: the Polish perspective

Speakers:

  • Justyna Rompca – Digby Brown, Scotland
  • Sylwia Myśliwska –  Gostynski & Partners, Poland

15:15-15:45

Refreshment break 

15:45-16:30

Reflective Practice – Dealing with Bereaved Clients

Speaker:

  • Psychotherapist, specialised in providing bereavement support to families and training of professionals

16:30 – 17.00

The Return of the RTA Quiz

Quiz Master:

  • Ian Denham

17.00

Closing remarks

 

17:00 – 19.00

Welcome Drinks for NLG delegates at and sponsored by Gostynski & Partners

19:30

Dinner at Nota Resto kindly co-sponsored by
tbc

Friday 4 April

Day 2 New Lawyers Group (5.5 CPD Points)

Under the honorary patronage of the Regional Chamber of Advocates and the Regional Chamber of Attorneys-at-law in Kraków

NLG Committee:

  • Aurélie van Dijk – Chair
  • Rona Hayworth – Secretary
  • Gabriela Lenarczyk – Vice-Chair
  • Nathaniel Martindale – Marketing & Sponsoring

09:00 – 09.30

Registration

09:30 – 09:45

Opening remarks

  • Adv, Aleksander Gut – Dean of the Regional Chamber of Advocates
  • Jolanta Budzowska – BFP law Firm, Poland 

Chair morning session: Gabriela Lenarczyk – NLG Committee Vice Chair

09:45 -10:30

Panel Session: Fatal Accident Claims

Panellists:

  • Fern Mapp – Digby Brown, Scotland
  • Lennart Mensonides – Damsté advocaten, Netherlands
  • Anne-Fleur Willems – HBSV Advocaten, Belgium
  • tbc

10:30 -11:00

Air Carrier Liability

Speaker:

  • Ewelina Książek-Janik Ewelina Książek-Janik Air Law/LOT Polish Airlines, Poland

11:00 -11:30

Coffee break

11:30 -12:00

Military claims

Speaker:

  • Aliyah Akram – Outer Temple Chambers, England

12:00 -12:45

Panel session: Out of Court Settlement of Personal Injury Claims

Panellists:

  • Andrzej Kusch – BFP Law Firm, Poland
  • Joakim Jäderström – Legare Advokatbyro, Sweden
  • Julie Harder – Elmer Advokater, Denmark
  • Constantin Bedrule – Digby Brown, Scotland

12:45 -13:45

Lunch 

Chair Afternoon Session: Frederick Lyon – Farrar’s Building Chambers

13:45 -14:15

Networking session

  • Aurélie van Dijk – NLG Committee Chair
  • Rona Hayworth – NLG Committee Secretary

14:15 -15:00

Panel session: Applying foreign law in your local courts

Panellists:

  • Borja Borrego de la Rosa – BCV Lex, Spain
  • tbc, France
  • tbc, England

15:00 -15:30

Refreshment break

15:30 -16:00

Workshop on Advocacy Skills

Speakers:

  • Mike Doyle and
  • Patrick Doyle – Doyle Dennis Avery LLC, USA

16:00 – 16:30

Business Considerations for Junior Lawyers
Speaker:
  • Peter Littlefair – Balfour + Manson LLP, Scotland

16:30 – 17:00

Closing remarks and NLG General Meeting

  • Nathaniel Martindale – NLG Committee Member
  • Ana Romero – PEOPIL President

19:00 

Drinks and dinner at Salute! 
Kindly sponsored by tbc

Romanowicza 4
Zablocie
30-702 Kraków