Course in tort law for lawyers 04.02.2020

Selected issues in cases concerning compensation for victims of violence
Legal and medical causation of PTSD

The Romerike circuit of the Norwegian Bar Association and the law firm Halvorsen & Co invite you to a course in tort law. The course is aimed at lawyers who have defence and assistance assignments, and lawyers who work with personal injury compensation.

Lecturers: Professor Morten Kjelland, psychiatrist Jon Johnsen, lawyer (H) Thomas Wangen

When: Tuesday, 04 February 2020 - 0830 - 1300
Where: Storgata 36, Lillestrøm

Registration: [email protected]

Course fee: kr. 500,-

Programme

0800 - 0830 Registration, lunch

0830 - 0930 Presentation of compensation claims in cases involving victims of violence - selected issues  

What claims for damages should/can be made in connection with the criminal proceedings

• Recognised and future losses
• Menu replacement
• Expert reports
• Evidence of personal injury and financial loss
• Mitigation of liability, section 5-2 of the Civil Code and the injured party's participation, section 5-1 of the Civil Code

How are financial claims followed up after a criminal case has ended?

• Office for Victim Compensation
• Private insurance cover
• Liable insurers - professional indemnity and motor liability

Financing of legal fees before, during and after criminal proceedings

• free legal aid and legal defence
• KFV
• Insurances

0930 - 1030 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after various traumas (accident, violence, sexual assault) - causality from a medical perspective, psychiatrist Jon Johnsen, Vestre Viken HF

1030 - 1045 Break

1045 - 1145 Legal causality in PTSD, Professor Morten Kjelland

1145 - 1200 Causation of PTSD - law meets medicine, Professor Kjelland and psychiatrist Johnsen

Extra lecture (combined with lunch)

1200 - 1300 Redress compensation, development lines, compensation level, Professor Morten Kjelland