Neuropsychiatry Neurology Psychiatry are just some of the specialist areas here at Medico-Legal Neuroscience Partnership. We have Birmingham and London based medical experts providing reports in Neurology Neuropsychiatry Psychiatry. Consultant Pyschiatrists Our consultant psychiatrists have been working in psychiatry for 20+ years. Experience lies in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment
Medico-Legal & Neuroscience Parnersnip are pleased to welcome Mr. J Mehta to our partnership of medico-legal experts. Mr. Mehta has been completing medico-legal reports since 2008 on all aspects of orthopaedics, musculo-skeletal trauma and spinal problems. Spinal problems include lumbar and cervical conditions and spinal deformities. He has worked for
Medico-Legal & Neuroscience Partnership are pleased to welcome two new experts to our partnership: Dr David Eccleston: GP & Aesthetic Physician Dr. Eccleston is based in Birmingham and has been providing expert witness reports and services for over 15 years, preparing reports both for defence and prosecution, covering subjects from
I am Professor Shakila Thangaratinam, professor of maternal medicine. My expertise includes medico-legal work. I am interested in clinical trials, diagnostic research, evidence synthesis and evidence based medicine. My research is largely collaborative with national and international partners. My interest and work in pre-eclampsia has led to NICE recommendations for
Hi, I am Dr Tim Hull Neuropsychologist. I take on instructions for Neuropsychology assessments, forensic assessments, Personality assessments and mental health. Having prepared over 500 reports and appeared in court over 20 times, I have extensive medico-legal experience as an expert witness. Many of those reports relate to cases where
Are you investigating a claim relating to maternal mismanagement? Professor Thangaratinam is currently accepting cases across the UK, seeing client’s mainly across the West Midlands and London. Professor Thangaratinam’s expertise in pre-eclampsia has led to NICE recommendations, whilst he training in maternal medcine was undertaken in the largest and busiest
We are continuously expanding our services and our partnership experts. If you are in need of medico-legal reporting services, please visit our reports page for details of our fields of medico-legal reporting. Although we are based in the West Midlands, we provide a nationwide reporting and diagnostics service. A little
Cases concerning children are always the most difficult to deal with, evoking all sorts of responses and emotions. In a recent case where a mother had initially been found responsible for inflicting non-accidental injuries on her baby, the finding was ultimately set aside for various reasons, including the question
Where a claimant had won overall, but lost on certain issues which had given rise to additional costs, it was determoned that the claimant’s recoverable costs should be reduced overall rather as opposed to an issues based costs order being made. However, where the claimant’s approach had resulted in
CAREN SHARP v LEEDS CITY COUNCIL [2017] EWCA Civ 33 Entry into the portal leads to recovery of fixed costs in a bid to maintain proportionality. Altough pre-action disclosure applications stand alone from the claim, they are connected and fall within the description of an “interim application” in CPR 45.29H.
EXP v CHARLES SIMON BARKER [2017] EWCA Civ 63 This is a recent case highlighting the importance of ensuring that you are not conflicted when agreeing to undertake the preparation of a medico-legal report. If you are an instructing party reading this blog, then it re-inforces how critical it is to
WEBSTER (A CHILD & PROTECTED PARTY, BY HIS MOTHER & LITIGATION FRIEND, HEATHER BUTLER) v BURTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2017) [2017] EWCA Civ 62 Montgomery case followed – see below blog from 13.12.16 The new test +a little practice reminder of a doctor’s obligation to present the material risks and
VALERIE ELSIE MAY MERRIX v HEART OF ENGLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (2016) BHOJANI v UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST I must say I feel comforted by the fact that Judges realise that we are operating in an ‘atmosphere of uncertainty’ when it comes to costs management. It is very
SHACKLETON & ASSOCIATES LTD v (1) ALI MARZOOK ALI BIN KAMIL AL SHAMSI (2) MOHAMMED ALI MARZOOK ALI BIN KAMIL AL SHAMSI (3) MARZOOK ALI MARZOOK ALI BIN KAMIL AL SHAMSI [2017] EWHC 304 QBD 23/02/2017 An interesting case on costs where a company owned by a solicitor providing arbitration services was
Mr Paul Fenton has recently joined the partnership and his current practice involves complex lower limb trauma, post-trauma limb reconstruction and foot and ankle surgery. Mr Fenton is looking forward to working with our clients to deliver his expert medico-legal opinion in a variety of cases. If you are interested in