Expert Witness Journal Issue 67 June/July 2026 - Flipbook - Page 65
The team has already conducted research featuring
focus groups, workshops, and expert interviews
with a wide range of professionals across club and
international rugby including players, coaches, and
physiotherapists.
Professor
Paul Brennan
The student team presented Headstrong at the
recent University of Bristol’s Centre for Innovation
and
Entrepreneurship’s
annual
Innovation
Showcase to raise awareness of the project, gather
feedback, and validate the concept. In parallel,
the team is exploring potential long-term funding
models, including the possibility of a sustainable
non-pro昀椀t structure supported by grants and public
sector funding.
Professor of Clinical and Experimental Neurosurgery, Honorary
Consultant Neurosurgeon, & Clinical Director of Neurosurgery
BMedSci (Hons) MB BChir (Cantab) PhD (Edin) FRCS (SN)
I am Professor of Clinical and Experimental Neurosurgery at the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary consultant neurosurgeon at NHS Lothian, clinical director
of neurosurgery.
I provide expert reports for clinical negligence, personal injury claims, and
criminal cases across the range of general elective and emergency adult
neurosurgical practice. I have received instructions from solicitors across the UK,
and internationally, from litigants, prosecutors and the defence. I have worked
with the Procurator Fiscal, and am on the National Crime Agency expert witness
register. I have experience attending court.
Areas of medico-legal expertise include:
• Adult elective and emergency neurosurgery
• Head injury
• Cauda equina syndrome
• Brain tumour diagnosis and management
Medico-legal training
I enrolled on the Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate through the University of
Aberdeen. I attended Inspire MediLaw's two day Expert Witness Training (Dec 2018)
which is accredited by the Royal Society of Medicine.
I understand the need to provide a high-quality report expeditiously. I will agree time
scales at the time of receiving an instruction. I aim to have most reports completed
within 4 weeks of receipt of the necessary clinical documentation.
Contact: Paul Brennan - Tel: 07966 541 880
Email: paulbrennan@neurosurgicolegal.com - Website: www.neurosurgicolegal.com
Area of work: Scotland and Nationwide
Members of the Headstrong student team at the University’s annual
Innovation Showcase © Headstrong
Dr Linda Monaci
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
Medico-legal assessments for suspected or known brain injury and/or
brain dysfunction in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence claims
• Acquired brain injury
• Cognitive dysfunction
• Stroke
• Epilepsy
• Mental capacity assessments
• Post-concussion syndrome
• Anoxia
• Dementia
• Neuropsychiatric conditions
• Alcohol and drug abuse
Medico-legal services: Instructions from Claimants, Defendants and as a Single Joint Expert. Assessments can also be carried out in Italian.
Dr Monaci has a good knowledge of Swedish and Spanish and has experience of working through interpreters.
Dr Monaci has completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificates.
Dr Monaci receives approximately 60-70% instructions from Claimants and 40-30% from Defendants. In April 2024, Dr Monaci counted
each new instruction received in the previous 12 months and found the percentages were as follows: 58% Claimant, 37% Defendant and
5% Jointly instructed. In April 2025, Dr Monaci calculated that in the previous 12 months, the split was divided as follows: 73% Claimants,
24% Defendants and 3% jointly instructed.
Main consulting rooms (nationwide locations):
Consultations for medico-legal services are available in London, Guildford, Horsham, Leatherhead and Southampton.
Assessments in care homes and in individuals' home may also be possible when based on clinical needs.
Clinical services are available in Surrey. Available for travel throughout the UK and abroad.
Correspondence address:
Email: linda@monaciconsultancy.com
www.monaciconsultancy.com
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