How Should Experts Deal with Pressure from an Instructing Solicitor?
An expert may occasionally be asked to reconsider, soften or remove an opinion that is unhelpful to the party instructing them. The pressure may be...
An expert may occasionally be asked to reconsider, soften or remove an opinion that is unhelpful to the party instructing them. The pressure may be...
A claimant needs physiotherapy. The NHS referral has been accepted, but no appointment date has...
Rehabilitation should begin early. That does not mean every claimant should be sent for physiotherapy...
The claimant reports continuing neck pain for eighteen months after an accident. The records show...
The claimant describes immediate neck pain after a collision, several weeks of restricted movement and...
The instruction arrives with a familiar problem. The claimant has a previous history of depression,...
The claimant reports constant severe pain, an inability to travel alone and almost complete dependence...
A familiar file lands on the desk. The accident was minor, the early records describe...
Burnout, workplace stress and psychiatric injury are often discussed as though they mean the same...
An accident does not always create an entirely new medical condition. A claimant may already...
A claimant has degenerative changes in the lumbar spine that were present before an accident...
The examination is almost finished when the claimant is asked to remove part of their...