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criteria may or may not differ from those of the
asylum seeker’ s country of origin. Still, one thing is certain: when it comes to the law, interpreters, actors and
decision makers are influenced by cultural parameters,
though they are often unaware of such influence.
Mr Jaykar Panchmatia
MA (Cambridge) MPH (Harvard) MB BChir (Cambridge) FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics)
ORTHOPAEDIC SPINE SURGEON
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1. In various jurisdictions, this assessment is referred to as
‘reasonable possibility’, ‘real chance’, ‘reasonable chance’,
‘real risk’ or ‘actual risk’. In other words, there must be a
‘real as opposed to a fanciful risk that future events will
happen’ (R v SSHD, ex parte Sivakumaran [1988] AC
958; MAH (Egypt) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 216 (28 February 2023).
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Mr Panchmatia is a Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Guy’s and St. Thomas’
Hospitals NHS Trust. His Spine Fellowship was at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA.
Mr Panchmatia graduated from Cambridge and Harvard Universities. He has presented
internationally, and is published widely in orthopaedic and neurosurgical journals.
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2. On the different kinds of evidence provided by the expert (evidence of fact, opinion evidence, opinion evidence
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evidence see Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP (Scotland)
[2016] UKSC 6 (10 February 2016), available here:
https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2016/6.html.
• Specialises in serious/ complex high value injuries.
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3. A ‘thick description’ includes the way in which social actors attribute meanings to their own actions and interpret
such meanings. Geertz, Clifford (1973) The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, pp. 3-10.
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Dr. Elena Consiglio is a legal scholar and a lawyer, she
has been acting as expert witness since 2014.
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Dr. Igor Cherstich is an anthropologist and a lecturer
at UCL, he has authored several expert reports for
British courts.
Mr Raj Kumar
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Specialist Foot & Ankle
Mrs Sharon Scott
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
D.Orth MS (Orth) FRCS (Tr&Orth)
MBBS MRCS(Eng) FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Raj Kumar is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in foot
and ankle surgery, and general trauma. Mr Kumar is based at Lancashire Teaching
Hospitals which is a major trauma centre dealing with serious injuries that are life
changing and could result in serious disability, including head injuries, severe
wounds and multiple fractures. He is part of the trauma service with a special
interest in lower limb reconstruction surgery. Mr Kumar gained experience in lower
limb reconstruction working at the trauma unit in Belfast.
Mrs Sharon Scott has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon since 2007. She
has been a full-time orthopaedic trauma surgeon for the last 9 years (previously
included elective lower limb arthroplasty)
Mrs Scott has extensive experience in general orthopaedic with sub-specialist
interest in trauma. She contributes to the regional pelvic and acetabular trauma
service and receive tertiary referrals for blunt chest trauma for patients
Mr Kumar undertook his foot and ankle fellowship at Wrightington Hospital. He
was granted a Fellowship of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, which
he used to gain experience in ankle arthroscopic surgery under the internationally
renowned Professor Van Dyke at Amsterdam.
requiring rib fixation. Mrs Scott was pivotal to the development of her hospitals’
major trauma service and remains actively involved in the care of patients from
initial presentation to re-enablement.
Mr Kumar is involved in teaching and training nurses, physiotherapists, medical
students and Orthopaedic Registrars. He has students from the University of
Manchester who undertake various clinical attachments with him. He is an Honorary
Senior Lecturer and examiner for the University of Manchester Medical School.
Mrs Scott undertakes teaching with positions at the; Royal College of Surgeons
Damage Control Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Course Faculty, AO Trauma
Faculty, European Pelvic and Acetabular Course Faculty, Regional Registrar
Training Programme and is a Honorary Lecturer at Liverpool Medical School.
Mrs Scott is a published author, her recent articles include:
Mr Kumar provides a high quality, patient-centred foot and ankle service. His
experience covers the entire spectrum of orthopaedic foot and ankle disorders.
Besides the more common foot and ankle procedures, he performs ankle
replacements, ankle arthroscopy, complex hind foot fusions, deformity corrections,
and ligament and tendon reconstructions about the foot and ankle.
A Sustainable Trauma Service – we must make this a priority JTO VOL 11 Issue
03 Sept 2023
Lack of Regional Pathways Impact on Surgical Delay: analysis of the Orthopaedic
Trauma Hospital Outcomes – Patient Operative Delays Injury Vol 54 Issue 12
111007 Dec 2023 and
Mr Kumar has expertise in assessing personal injury, soft tissue and sports injury,
complex polytrauma and low velocity injuries.
Fifty years – A lifetime of change Editorial. Injury 2024 Apr;55(4):111381.
Contact Details
Tel: 07881 802 084
Email: rajkumar@doctors.net.uk
Rajkumar Padmakumer Ltd
5 Mallowdale, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 7AG
She is also Associate Editor at ‘Injury ‘Journal (2021- ).
Email: sharon@scottmedicolegal.co.uk
Address: Aintree Hospital, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL
Area of work: Merseyside, Cheshire, North West and surrounding areas
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