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Event Date: 20th September 2024
9am - 8:30pm
Deka Chambers will be in attendance at the Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference.
Stuart McKechnie KC, who also co-organises the conference, will be chairing a session on catastrophic injuries. Laura Johnson KC will be speaking on psychiatric injuries after Paul, and ex Member of Chambers, Mr Justice Ritchie will be providing the keynote talk.
This annual conference creates a space for “a conversation between medicine and law.” It is run on a not-for-profit basis, its purpose is to engage lawyers and doctors in developing a mutual understanding in the medico-legal setting.
Full details and booking are here: Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference 2024 programme.
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