BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1000104@hsla.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T200000 DTSTAMP:20260808T171036Z URL:https://hsla.org.uk/events/a-unique-perspective-of-a-parent-legal-acco untability-after-family-loss-in-person/ SUMMARY:A unique perspective of a parent: Legal Accountability after Family Loss - In-person DESCRIPTION:A unique perspective of a parent: Legal Accountability after Fa mily Loss\n \;\nIN-PERSON REGISTRATION\nTiming:\nTuesday 22 September 2026 – in person and online\n5-5.30 – Registration\n5.30-6.30 Seminar\ n6.30-8pm – Networking and Refreshments\n \;\nIn-Person registration closes 12.00 noon\, 21 September 2026\n\nVenue:\nEversheds Sutherland\, 1 Wood St\, London EC2V 7WS\n \;\n\nIn this session Richard speaks as a parent and draws on his deeply personal experience in working to secure a ccountability and systemic change in the NHS and government following the loss of his son\, Matthew\, in 2020 during a mental health crisis.\n\nHis experience highlights how vital it is to balance the legal requirements of an investigation with clear\, humane and empathetic communication with fa milies.\nTo understand more about Matthew’s story\, you can find extensi ve reporting in the public domain.\nThis session will cover:\n• The NHS Trust’s handling of the initial news of death\;\n• The Priory’s Seri ous Incident Report\;\n• His own investigations and use of FoIs and SARs \;\n• The fight to get an independent investigation\;\n• The CQC respo nse\;\n• Inquest strategy of my legal team v the Priory: expert witness challenge\, jury conclusion options and PFD\;\n• His push for criminal p rosecution and how he settled the civil litigation\; and\n• What lawyers representing health bodies can do better.\nSpeaker:\nRichard Caseby\n\n\n Richard is former Managing Editor of The Sunday Times and was a board dire ctor of Times Newspapers Ltd for over a decade.\n\nHe led teams of lawyers during the worst corporate crisis in News Corporation history\, was a con sultant to the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and both Houses of Par liament and has given evidence in person to select committees and other go vernment inquiries.\n\nAs Director of Communications for Whitehall’s lar gest department\, the DWP\, Richard led national policy campaigns for five Secretaries of State.\n\nHe later worked as Middle East Communications Co nsultant for the UK Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office\, advisin g ministers and Royal Offices in Jordan and Oman.\nTim Toulmin\n\n\nTim fo unded Alder 15 years ago and provides strategic communications support acr oss a wide range of complex issues\, including sudden incidents and fatali ties\, criminal investigations and trials\, civil litigation\, inquests\, employment disputes\, and EDI-related concerns.\n\nBefore founding Alder\, Tim was Director of the Press Complaints Commission\, where he dealt dail y with the media\, government and senior lawyers on matters of press regul ation\, privacy and ethics.\n\nHe serves as a trustee of several education al and campaigning organisations and works closely with our lawyer partner s.\n\nYou can read more about Tim through his Chambers &\; Partners pr ofile by clicking here\n\nZOOM BOOKING FORM VIA THIS LINK CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:Eversheds Sutherland\, 1 Wood Street\, London\, EC2V 7WS \, United Kingdom GEO:51.514736;-0.094354 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1 Wood Street\, London\, EC 2V 7WS \, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Eversheds Sutherland:g eo:51.514736,-0.094354 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR