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About the Conference
Bridging Medicine and the Law: A platform for insightful collaboration
Now in its 14th year, our annual not-for-profit medico-legal conference continues to serve as a distinguished platform for fostering collaboration between the fields of medicine and law. This conference offers a unique opportunity for doctors and lawyers to come together, share insights, and exchange perspectives in a setting that encourages dialogue, mutual understanding, and professional growth.
Renowned for its welcoming and engaging atmosphere, the conference brings together a diverse array of leading experts, offering delegates the chance to learn not only from the distinguished speakers but also from each other. The blend of expertise present ensures dynamic discussions that address the most pressing issues at the intersection of healthcare and legal practice.
An exclusive evening in Cambridge's oldest College
As part of the full conference experience, participants are invited to an exclusive evening Champagne reception followed by a formal dinner in the historic Peterhouse Dining Hall. Peterhouse, founded in 1284, is the oldest college of the University of Cambridge, and its rich history and timeless architecture provide a truly inspiring backdrop. This setting offers delegates an opportunity to network and engage in discussions amidst an atmosphere of heritage and academic excellence, adding depth to the conference's spirit of knowledge-sharing and innovation.
A Multidisciplinary Approach
The Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference offers delegates an unparalleled opportunity to network and engage in insightful discussions within an atmosphere steeped in heritage and academic excellence. Building on the presence of top-tier professionals, the conference places a strong emphasis on networking opportunities.
Whether across the conference floor, over tea and coffee, at the Champagne reception, over the candlelit dinner, or at the pre-conference meal, the participation of distinguished professionals at the pinnacle of their careers greatly enhances the value of attending, providing unparalleled opportunities for learning and collaboration.
The rich academic environment and historical significance of both Peterhouse and the University of Cambridge offer an inspiring backdrop for the conference. Delegates can immerse themselves in a setting that has nurtured some of the world's greatest thinkers, enhancing the overall experience and contributing to a culture of excellence and innovation.
I learnt so much in one day and left feeling inspired and motivated. It was a privilege to be surrounded by so many leaders in their fields.
Excellent speakers and stimulating topics, good choice of venue, high standard of catering, all very well organised.
Relevant to expert practice.
It is a conference for professionals but keeps a fun, informal element.
By far the best conference I have ever been to.
Conference Organisers
Julian Benson
Described in 2023 Chambers and Partners as “a sublime negotiator and fearsome advocate”, Julian specialises in complex and/or high value personal injury claims. He is renowned for his exceptional understanding of expert evidence and excellent rapport with lay and professional clients alike. He undertakes a balance of work for Claimants and Defendants and has been a fixture in the professional directories for over 20 years, being noted also for his “superbly tactical brain”.
Nicola Greaney KC
Nicola has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses public law, clinical negligence, personal injury, professional discipline, Court of Protection and costs. In clinical negligence and personal injury, she works on complex and high value claims including brain injury, spinal injury and serious psychiatric injury. She is experienced in group litigation. She is often instructed in cases raising novel points of law. She is ranked as a leading junior in the directories in the areas of professional discipline, administrative law, clinical negligence, costs, Court of Protection and community care law. Her clients include individuals, NHS and private care bodies, a range of regulators and those they regulate, local authorities and private sector bodies. She is an experienced advocate and had conducted cases before a range of courts and tribunals including the Court of Appeal.
Stuart McKechnie KC
Stuart McKechnie KC is one of the leading catastrophic injury practitioners in the country and widely known for his speciality in maximising the value of claims. In the 2024 legal directories he has been described as “the leading quantum PI silk in the country” and “the king of quantum”. He works for many of the leading personal injury and clinical negligence solicitor firms in the country and all of his practice is in the High Court. He is a past winner of ‘Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Junior of the Year’ at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards and Personal Injury Barrister of the Year at the Personal Injury Awards. In 2021/22 Stuart has (conservatively) recovered damages with a combined capital value in excess of £150,000,000 (one hundred and fifty million) on behalf of Claimants. In JDF (a Child) v Hampshire County Council, he settled what at the time was the highest Personal Injury award ever made/approved by a Court in the UK, the equivalent of £28 million capitalised. This case was covered across the national media. More recently, in IXM v Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust he settled a long running birth brain injury claim for the capital equivalent of £33.2 million. Stuart is one of only three Barrister members of the working party responsible for the Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases. He is the General Editor of the APIL Guide To Catastrophic Injury Claims (being the definitive practitioner guide to running high-value personal injury and clinical negligence actions).
Dr Rajesh Munglani
Dr Rajesh Munglani qualified from St George’s Hospital, University of London, in 1985. Subsequently gaining experience in A&E, paediatric medicine and eventually gaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. He developed a strong research interest in the neurobiology of chronic pain states and also chronic spinal regional pain syndromes including reflex sympathetic dystrophies. He was appointed John Farman Professor of The Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1996 for his contribution to pain research. In 1995 he became a lecturer and Consultant in Pain and Anaesthesia and Director of the Pain Service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. ln 2000 he accepted a post as Consultant in Pain Medicine and Lead Clinician at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds and developed an expanded multidisciplinary pain service. In 2009 he became an officer for the Interventional Pain Medicine Group of the British Pain Society and founded the Medicolegal Special Interest Group. In 2011-2014 he was elected to the Council of the British Pain Society. He also founded the Annual Cambridge Medico-Legal Conference in 2011. In 2016 Dr Munglani was appointed as an Honorary Consultant to St Thomas’ Hospital London. In 2021 he was a Consultant in Pain Medicine at the Royal Papworth Hospital Cambridge to help during the pandemic and since July 2023 he has returned to St Thomas’. He is Senior Editor of Pain News of the British Pain Society. He also is an advisor to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman. In 2022 he became an Honorary Member of the British Pain Society and has been elected Vice President of the British Pain Society in 2023.
Professor Tom Quick
Professor Tom Quick is a peripheral nerve surgeon and clinical academic recognised internationally for his expertise. He holds honorary posts in most London NHS hospitals and provides clinical expertise in nerve injury for the whole U.K. as well as Iceland. He has successfully treated and supported rehabilitation of a wide range of professional sports men and women, internationals in rugby, cricket, football and horse racing. In April 2013, he was appointed as a Consultant peripheral nerve surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore. He provided consultancy at Headley Court the Defence Medical Rehab Centre, Surrey in the Nerve Injuries of War clinic for four years. Professor Quick’s Doctoral thesis on the ‘Assessment of re-innervated muscle function‘ was successfully defended in 2018 earning MD(res) at UCL. He is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Science and a founding member and clinical lead for peripheral nerve in the Centre for Nerve Engineering (CNE) at UCL. He collaborates scientifically with a wide range of academic teams in London the across the UK. He has published over 50 peer reviewed paper numerous book chapters and national guidelines in nerve injury. He is an ABC travelling fellow. Professor Quick has had an expert witness practice for 10 years with a ratio of 70:30 between claimant and defence instruction. He accepts instructions via a paper free practice and has a turnaround of 3 weeks from receiving instruction to completed reports (with video and static image evidence). Tom has a wealth of experience in court appearances. Having appeared (both as a witness to fact and an expert witness) in personal injury, medical negligence, criminal and family courts. In all court appearances the side calling Mr Quick as an expert were successful. Senior Counsel Liam Reidy in Dublin comment that in under cross examination Tom was “brilliant and remained composed”.
Dr Michael Spencer
Dr Michael Spencer is Consultant Psychiatrist at the First Response Service - the front-line NHS mental health service covering Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Pain Management Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is Chair of the Chronic Pain Special Interest Group of the European Association for Psychosomatic Medicine. He qualified from the University of Cambridge, and completed his training in Cambridge and Edinburgh. He has lectured at the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh, and he has practised as a Consultant Psychiatrist since 2008. He was awarded the Donald Cohen Fellowship by the European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2007, an academic MD (Doctor of Medicine) degree by the University of Cambridge in 2008, the Clinician Scientist Fellowship by the MRC in 2008 and was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2016. Dr Spencer has a particular interest in the interactions that can exist between physical and psychological conditions, particularly in chronic pain and psychological trauma. He has worked in NHS multidisciplinary pain clinics, has served as a Council Member of the Pain Section at the Royal Society of Medicine, and Assistant Editor of the Journal of Observational Pain Medicine. He is a Senior Fellow of the London Pain Forum, a member of the British Pain Society, the British Neuropsychiatric Association and the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, and a founding member of the Functional Neurological Disorder Society. In June 2024 Dr Spencer was elected Chair of the Chronic Pain Special Interest Group of the European Association for Psychosomatic Medicine. He is the author of the Trauma chapter of the forthcoming 4th edition of the APIL Guide to Clinical Negligence. He also lectures and examines on the University College London MSc Course in Neuromodulation. Dr Spencer has prepared CPR Part 35 compliant expert witness reports for the Court since 2012, in personal injury and clinical negligence work. He has been a co-organiser of the Cambridge Annual Medico-Legal Conference since 2014.