BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.10//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1000104@hsla.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T200000 DTSTAMP:20260922T131123Z 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 15.00\, 22 September 2026\n\nVenue:\nEversheds Sutherland\, 1 Wood St\, London EC2V 7WS\n \;\n\nIn this session Richard speaks as a pare nt and draws on his deeply personal experience in working to secure accoun tability and systemic change in the NHS and government following the loss of his son\, Matthew\, in 2020 during a mental health crisis.\n\nHis exper ience highlights how vital it is to balance the legal requirements of an i nvestigation with clear\, humane and empathetic communication with familie s.\nTo understand more about Matthew’s story\, you can find extensive re porting in the public domain.\nThis session will cover:\n• The NHS Trust ’s handling of the initial news of death\;\n• The Priory’s Serious I ncident Report\;\n• His own investigations and use of FoIs and SARs\;\n • The fight to get an independent investigation\;\n• The CQC response\ ;\n• Inquest strategy of my legal team v the Priory: expert witness chal lenge\, jury conclusion options and PFD\;\n• His push for criminal prose cution and how he settled the civil litigation\; and\n• What lawyers rep resenting health bodies can do better.\nSpeaker:\nRichard Caseby\n\n\nRich ard is former Managing Editor of The Sunday Times and was a board director of Times Newspapers Ltd for over a decade.\n\nHe led teams of lawyers dur ing the worst corporate crisis in News Corporation history\, was a consult ant to the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and both Houses of Parliam ent and has given evidence in person to select committees and other govern ment inquiries.\n\nAs Director of Communications for Whitehall’s largest department\, the DWP\, Richard led national policy campaigns for five Sec retaries of State.\n\nHe later worked as Middle East Communications Consul tant for the UK Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office\, advising mi nisters and Royal Offices in Jordan and Oman.\nTim Toulmin\n\n\nTim founde d Alder 15 years ago and provides strategic communications support across a wide range of complex issues\, including sudden incidents and fatalities \, criminal investigations and trials\, civil litigation\, inquests\, empl oyment disputes\, and EDI-related concerns.\n\nBefore founding Alder\, Tim was Director of the Press Complaints Commission\, where he dealt daily wi th the media\, government and senior lawyers on matters of press regulatio n\, privacy and ethics.\n\nHe serves as a trustee of several educational a nd campaigning organisations and works closely with our lawyer partners.\n \nYou can read more about Tim through his Chambers &\; Partners profil e 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