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Book review: Writing Medico-Legal Reports in Civil Claims – an Essential Guide (2nd Edition)

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16 September 2016
Issue: 7714 / Categories: Features
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"I believe that this book is a must-have in the medico-legal field"

Writing Medico-Legal Reports in Civil Claims – an Essential Guide (2nd Edition)
Authors: Giles Eyre and Lynden Alexander
Publisher: Professional Solutions Publications
ISBN: 978-0-9569341-1-6
Price: 59.95

This book is a second edition and includes changes to the legal landscape following the Jackson reforms, for instance changes in the Civil Procedural Rules, and how these may impact on expert witness work and increased need for advisory reports. It clarifies the duties of the experts, as required by the new Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil Claims 2014, and practical aspects of this type of work, such as provision of cost estimates, sequential reporting and withdrawing by an expert. This edition includes further guidance on the drafting of joint statements (since 2003 a joint statement will guide the agenda for concurrent evidence or “hot-tubbing”). It provides an updated case law, in relation to obtaining consent and causation (and “acceleration” of symptoms). Further consideration is given

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