Description
This half day course has been specifically designed for clinical negligence expert witnesses (both new and experienced). By way of both case examples and a Q&A session, this interactive course will look at the practicalities of being a clinical negligence expert witness. In particular, it will explore the expert’s duties and responsibilities, provide practical tips on the preparation of CPR-compliant reports and highlight pitfalls and traps to be avoided by reference to recent case law.
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
What you will learn
Key topics covered:
- The duties and responsibilities of an expert in clinical negligence cases
- How to apply the law and legal principles to an expert report
- The practical impact of Montgomery and valid consent
- Evidence and the use of medical records and other documents
- Setting out a report in practice and tips on report writing in a clinical negligence setting
- Procedural steps and the expert, including the expert discussions
- Recent case law from the judiciary on what experts should and should not be doing
- An interactive case example helping demonstrate the above
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