Medico Legal
Reports
We have experience in providing preliminary opinions and in writing screening, short form, and full formal CPR-compliant reports as well as joint expert reports.
Below are some redacted and anonymised reports as examples.
In our reports we take seriously Mr Justice Cotter’s explanation of the duties and responsibilities of expert witnesses, stating that:
‘’experts should constantly remind themselves through the litigation process that they are not part of the Claimant’s or Defendant’s “team” with their role being the securing and maximising, or avoiding or minimising, a claim for damages. Although experts always owe a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care to those instructing them and to comply with any relevant professional code, as CPR 35.3 expressly states they have, at all times, an overriding duty to help the Court on matters within their expertise. That they have particular expertise and the court and parties do not (save in some professional negligence claims) means that significant reliance may be placed on their analysis which must be objective and non-partisan if a just outcome is to be achieved in the litigation.’’