Expert Witness Journal Issue 67 June/July 2026 - Flipbook - Page 5
Contents
Some of the highlights of this issue
Obituary to Dr Stephen Peter Castell
page
6
Proving psychiatric injury in personal injury claims by Katie Charlton
at Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP
page 10
Psychiatric Disorders Following Physical Trauma – A guide for the Non-Specialist
by Dr Stephen Davies
page 19
What is the personal injury discount rate? By Susan Brown at Boyes Turner
page 26
Raising the Barre: Clinical Standards in Dance and Performance by Nina Slawson
at Somek & Associates Ltd
page 30
Digital dementia and the insurance implications of social media addiction by Joanna Wallens
and Tim Johnson at Browne Jacobson
page 38
Missed malignant melanoma diagnoses by Dr Ernest Allan
page 50
Pedal cycle investigation: Using GPS and activity data to reconstruct road collisions
by Siobhan O’Connell and Steven Mairs at Hawkins
page 54
Bristol student-led initiative aims to transform psychological support in rugby injury
rehabilitation
page 62
Illegality as a Defence in Personal Injury Claims by Kelvin Farmaner at Trethowans LLP
page 65
Material contribution: where catastrophic injury cases become fatal by Kirtsy O’Donnell
at Digby Brown LLP
page 70
Abbott v Ministry of Defence: The Highlights by Kate Longson at Ropewalk Chambers
page 81
How are personal injury awards treated on divorce? By Jenny Bowden and James Philpott
at Stewarts Law LLP
page 89
Cognitive Bias and Expert Evidence by Tom McNeill at BCL Solicitors LLP
page 95
The Montgomery Standard in Primary Care by Dr Samah Boulis
page 102
The importance of reinvestigating cold cases by Forensic Access
page 109
Brown v Sterne & Others by Dr T Walford at Expert Evidence International Ltd
page 122
Professor J. Peter A. Lodge MD FRCS FEBS
Recognised internationally as an expert in surgery for disorders relating
to the gallbladder, liver and bile ducts as well as weight loss (bariatric) surgery
Surgical training primarily under the guidance of Professor Geoffrey R Giles, and the
New England Deaconess Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA, under the
guidance of Professor Anthony P Monaco.
Please look at my website www.peterlodge.com for more information
but inquire by email: jpalodge@gmail.com
Telephone: PA +44 (0) 113 2185944
Address: Spire Leeds Hospital, Jackson Avenue, Leeds LS8 1NT
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