Medico Legal Pain Expertise

The interest in medico legal pain expertise has increased enormously in the last few years and I now provide between 100 and 200 reports per annum on all aspects of pain medicine including personal injury and clinical negligence.

I have provided reports for defendants (45%), Claimants (45%) and joint (10%) on all matters related to pain management. In addition I am also invited to provide opinion for the Medical Defence Organisations and through them the GMC.

I have regularly attended court and presented oral evidence. In 2015 I was in court on 6 occasions. I have also been retained in court as a single joint expert

I have attended educational courses relevant to all aspect of my clinical practice (Specialist Info, 7BR Skeleton Series, 7 Solicitors courses and The Cambridge Medico-legal conferences).

Courses have included

• Report writing (2004)
• Court Room Skills (2010)
• Clinical Negligence Issues (2011 2013)
• Personal Injury (2011, 2013, 2014)
• Cambridge conferences (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015).

My practice includes

• Clinical negligence reports
• Personal injury reports
• Coroner’s cases.

Activities undertaken

• Causation reports
• Condition and Prognosis reports
• Joint opinions
• Part 35 Responses
• Case conferences
• Court Attendance.

Cases involving children under the age of 16 are not taken on.