Optimising interactions between claimant, instructing solicitor and expert witness
Consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Kevin Sherman FRCS PhD MEd, has prepared more than 16,000 medical reports over a career spanning more…
Self-regulation to ensure CPR 35 compliance
David Stothard, managing director, considers how expert witnesses can self-police their work when so few medico-legal reports are actually seen…
Beware: Care Experts’ Evidence
The approach of expert witnesses who give evidence in injury claims relating to the care requirements of seriously injured individuals…
Learning points and access to essential CPD from the 2023 Expert Witness Institute Online Conference
In our latest bite-sized CPD article, Emma Mitra, Elizabeth Robson Taylor, Phillip Taylor MBE, and Simon Berney-Edwards discuss the key…
MAPS Benevolent Trust secures membership to the Association of Charitable Foundations
David Stothard, managing director, explains the role of the MAPS Benevolent Trust in light of its membership to the Association…
Insights from the work of MAPS’ quality panel
Peter Mulhern, EWI governor and MAPS trustee, explores the role of MAPS’ quality panel and common feedback given to expert…
Experts obtaining evidence
In our latest article, Giles Eyre considers the issues that arise when an expert introduces factual evidence into their report….
Regulation of expert witnesses – whose job is it anyway?
MAPS Medical managing director, David Stothard, analyses responses to The Times Bond Solon Expert Witness Survey 2022, with help from…
Why our medical experts chose MAPS Medical
At MAPS Medical, we understand the value that expert evidence has in proving the extent of an injury or financial…
Expert evidence in consent cases
Barrister, Ella Davis, and retired barrister, Giles Eyre, consider clinical negligence claims in relation to consent, and what matters an…
Suspecting dishonesty
Stephen Hughes, consultant in emergency medicine and senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, considers whether there is a conflict between…
Case update: Costs order for expert witness Dr Mercier
David Stothard, Managing Director at MAPS Medical, provides an update on the recent case of Dr Mercier, and expert witness…
Considerations for expert witnesses in the face of dishonest claimants
David Stothard, Managing Director at MAPS Medical, examines a recent High Court case in which six medical expert witnesses were…
Changing opinions
Giles Eyre considers a recent case in which an expert was criticised for changing their opinion and provides tips for…
As an expert witness in a civil case, can you ever expect your identity to be anonymised?
In our latest article, MAPS Managing Director, David Stothard, considers the recent case of Hertfordshire County Council v Mother and…