Personal Injury Expert Witness Training

12 September 2024, 9.30am - 4.30pm

The Voco Oxford Spires Hotel, Oxford

Cost: £525+VAT

Book this event

Choose to book the personal injury course either as a standalone option or as part of the University of Strathclyde Inspire MediLaw Expert Witness Certificate programme.

Enhance your expertise in personal injury cases with Inspire MediLaw’s comprehensive one-day training course. Designed for healthcare professionals looking to expand their medico-legal skills, this course provides essential knowledge and practical insights for those interested in becoming expert witnesses in personal injury cases.

 

Why This Course Matters:
As a medical expert in personal injury cases, you’ll play a crucial role in helping lawyers understand injuries, assess claims, and provide evidence on injury extent and prognosis. Our high-quality training equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in this field.

 

Course Highlights:

  • The role and duties of the expert witness in personal injury cases
  • Understanding condition and prognosis reports and key issues to address
  • Specific guidance on report form and content
  • Pre-action protocol guidelines
  • Best practices for client examination
  • How to write outstanding reports – including a practical report-writing exercise
  • Strategies for developing your personal injury practice – with tips and pitfalls to avoid

 

Outcome:
You’ll leave our course with all the necessary skills and knowledge, plus a strategy to help you start securing instructions in personal injury cases.

 

Flexible Options:

  1. Standalone Personal Injury Training day ideal for those focusing specifically on personal injury expert work.
  2. Part of the two-day Expert Witness Training course and Certification. Combine this with our two day course and complete the full Expert Witness Training program, a prerequisite for the prestigious University of Strathclyde Inspire MediLaw Expert Witness Certification.

 

 

Accreditation: This course can contribute to the University of Strathclyde Inspire MediLaw Expert Witness Certification, a highly regarded qualification in the field.

 

Why Choose Inspire MediLaw? This personal injury course is tailored specifically for healthcare professionals. Led by experienced medical and legal experts, participants will benefit from their extensive experience as they share invaluable insights, practical tips, and essential pitfalls to avoid. Engage in lively discussions and collaborative exchanges that enhance your learning experience!

Programme

The medical perspective –  Dr Adrian Rees, GP and Expert Witness

  • Role and duties of the expert witness in Personal Injury (PI) cases
  • The process of a claim
  • What to expect from instructing solicitors/agencies
  • Examination of the client
  • Fraudulent/exaggerated claims – fact versus opinion
  • Reporting in PI claims – the legal rules (burden and civil standard of proof)
  • Preparing and structuring your medical reports – guidance on content/format and practical forensic report-writing tips

The legal perspective
Isabel Bathurst Inquest, Inquiry and Injury Consultant Solicitor

  • The legal tests
  • Identifying the legal issues that need to be addressed in your report
  • Getting the terminology right – whiplash, traumatic brain injury etc
  • The use of research and supporting documentation
  • Evaluating the claim and the importance of your report
  • Your opponent’s report – considerations and responses
  • Replying to written questions
  • Legal costs/cost budgets
  • Analysis and summaries of PI cases, including terminology and classification of injury.

Report-writing – Dr Adrian Rees, GP and Expert Witness and Isabel Bathurst, Inquest, Inquiry and Injury Consultant Solicitor

  • Examination and discussion of sample reports – good and bad
  • Report-writing techniques

Report-writing workshop:

  • Practical exercise – you’ll draft an opinion and prognosis report
  • Panel discussion – giving you the chance to reflect on the report-writing exercise and learn some top tips from the speakers.

Developing your PI practice and obtaining instructions – Dr Adrian Rees, GP and Expert Witness

  • Panel discussion on where to start
  • Working with agencies
  • Marketing strategy
  • Fees
  • Terms of engagement