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...
The expert has a complete set of records, imaging reports and witness statements. The solicitor...
The report is due in three weeks. The claimant has been examined; the records have...
Most whiplash injuries improve within weeks or months. The NHS advises that symptoms commonly settle...
Two claimants are involved in similar rear-end collisions. Neither sustains a fracture or neurological injury....
The claimant has a documented history of panic attacks following a collision. They stopped driving,...
The claimant says that neck pain began immediately after the accident and has never settled....
The claimant is still symptomatic at the examination. The neck remains painful, driving causes anxiety...
Why Psychological Claims Often Take Longer to Resolve. The orthopaedic evidence is complete. The fractures...
The neck pain has improved, yet the claimant still will not drive. They avoid motorways,...
In many whiplash reports, the most important sentence is not the diagnosis. It is the...
I have seen too many whiplash reports where the psychological symptoms appear as an afterthought....