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 are partnering with the Law Society to host a roundtable event focused on clinical negligence in women’s health in October.
Healthcare in the UK has long failed women. A recent parliamentary report even used the term medical misogyny to describe the systemic issues in women’s reproductive health.
From ignored symptoms to misdiagnoses and the gender pain gap, poor outcomes for women are now widely recognised—something clinical negligence experts have known for years.
High-profile maternity scandals and inquiries have brought national attention to the issue, but has it led to real change?
This roundtable gathers 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?
Following the event, ARAG will publish a summary of the insights shared, along with video highlights and an article offering deeper analysis and reflections from the roundtable.
For our 'Ask the Experts' and the first in a series of Roundtable articles, please click to the right.
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.
