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Press Release
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A new guide to writing medico-legal reports in civil claims has been published by Professional Solutions Publications (www.prosols.uk.com).
The guide is written for medical experts who produce expert reports in personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence claims. It is the first text that offers detailed guidance to medical experts on how to address the often difficult and complex reporting issues that arise in medico-legal practice.
Co-authors Giles Eyre (a barrister at 9 Gough Square Chambers) and Lynden Alexander (a forensic consultant at Professional Solutions Learning and Development) wrote the book to meet a clear learning need for many medical experts. Giles Eyre says:
‘Only a small minority of those doctors who produce expert evidence in the civil courts actually understands how to produce evidence that meets the needs of the lawyers who instruct them and the requirements of the civil litigation process itself. This guide is essential reading for all medical experts, as it explains in detail how to report accurately and effectively in both straightforward and complex cases.”
The Expert Witness Institute (EWI) has also recommended the guide to its members. In his foreword to the text, the EWI’s chairman James Badenoch Q.C. writes:
‘This is an important and admirable book. It is thorough, lucid and extremely practical…it will I believe become the standard reference and should be compulsory reading for all medical expert witnesses...'
Information on the book, including the Foreword and the Contents pages can be found on the Professional Solutions website.
Further Information:
Full details of the guide are available at: http://www.prosols.uk.com or contact Lynden Alexander at Professional Solutions on 020 7252 3200
Legal comment:
Contact Giles Eyre at 9 Gough Square chambers on 020 7832 0500 or geyre@9goughsquare.co.uk
Expert Witness Institute:
Contact Jacqui Dabell on 020 7405 5854 or by email: dabellj@ewi.org.uk