Course Outline:
This half day course has been specifically designed for clinical negligence expert witnesses - both new and experienced.
It is crucial that medicolegal experts who act in clinical negligence cases understand an expert’s duties and the need for compliance with those duties, an expert’s role and how to optimise that role, and the importance of appreciating and avoiding potential pitfalls as an expert. Using recent case law examples, this intensive course looks in detail at the practical aspects of being a clinical negligence expert witness. In particular, it focuses on the expert’s duties and responsibilities, the evidence an expert should consider in reaching their opinion, practical tips on the preparation of CPR-compliant reports, what lawyers want from an expert, some practical aspects of consent post-Montgomery and some tips on how to avoid traps and pitfalls as highlighted by recent case law judgments.
The course can be attended either as a free-standing course or in conjunction with Clinical Negligence Essentials Part 1: substantive legal principles and case law for the expert witness
Key Learning Outcomes:
- The duties and responsibilities of an expert in clinical negligence cases
- Evidence for the expert, and use by experts of medical records and other documents
- How to apply the law and legal principles to an expert report
- Practical aspects of report writing in a clinical negligence setting
- What lawyers want from an expert
- The impact of Montgomery and valid consent from a practical perspective
- What experts should and should not be doing, and key safety tips by reference to recent case law judgments from the judiciary
Course Details
- Duration: Half day
- Public course format and fee: Virtual | £260 + VAT
- In-house course format and fee: Virtual or face-to-face | Call for details
- CPD: 3 hours
- Suitable for: New and practising experts
Book below if you want to attend a public course. Please call 020 7549 2549 or email expertwitness@bondsolon.com to discuss or book an in-house course.
About the Trainer:
This course is delivered by Dr Jock Mackenzie, a partner on the medical claims team of Anthony Gold Solicitors. Jock is a dual-qualified doctor and solicitor with a broad clinical negligence practice. His medical and legal understanding gives him an advantage with the forensic analyses and intellectual challenges where the law and science meet, qualities that are recognised by peers in the legal profession as well as valued by clients.
