ARAG ATE Events Hub
Welcome
Welcome to the ARAG ATE Events Hub – your central resource for everything happening in the After-the-Event legal expenses insurance space.
Whether you're a solicitor, legal partner, or simply interested in the latest developments in ATE insurance, this page brings together all the key updates and event appearances relevant to your practice.
Explore highlights from our latest news articles, featuring insights from legal experts and updates on ARAG’s strategic direction within the ATE market. If you're looking to meet us in person, check out our calendar of upcoming events – from national legal conferences to regional networking opportunities, we’re always keen to connect and collaborate with professionals across the legal sector.
Law Society Roundtable
ARAG recently partnered with the Law Society to host a roundtable event dedicated to exploring clinical negligence in women’s health—a topic that continues to raise important questions within the legal and healthcare sectors.
The discussion brought together a diverse group of professionals, including women at various stages of their legal careers, all specialising in clinical negligence. We asked them to share their insights, experiences, and perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in this area of law.
In addition to the roundtable conversation, we conducted interviews with attendees to capture their thoughts in more detail. These interviews, along with further resources from the event, are available to view by clicking here.
This roundtable gathered patient care and legal experts to explore the ongoing challenges in this vital area, such as:
- Are clinical negligence practitioners seeing signs of any improvement in women’s healthcare and outcomes?
- Has there been a substantive change in how NHS Resolution responds to claims and is it making a difference to their cost and duration?
- Have reforms proposed by the previous government had any impact on women’s health and maternity care and what could this government do to improve things?
- What are the challenges for funding cases and what is the prognosis for costs?
- While more women lawyers work in clinical negligence it seems those acting as medical experts are disproportionately male. Does this make a difference?
Related articles
Where next for clinical negligence litigation?
ARAG supports the work of the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers (SCIL) in promoting best practice in clinical negligence claims, influencing public policy to benefit injured people and advancing access to justice and patient safety.
We asked SCIL Chair and Partner at Ashtons Legal LLP, Sharon Allison to look to the future and what can be done to reduce the financial and human costs of clinical negligence.
The trouble with artificial stone
While silicosis case numbers may have declined over recent decades, that long-term, positive trend masks the emergence of a newer, apparently more aggressive form of the industrial disease, among people working with engineered stone. Mike Knight, Head of ATE Sales at ARAG, takes a look at the problem of artificial stone silicosis.
