Expert Witness Journal Issue 64 December 2025 - Flipbook - Page 6
Contents
Some of the highlights of this issue
Behind Every Death: Lessons from a Transplant Surgeon and Medical Examiner in Clinical
Negligence by Mohammad Ayaz Hossain
page
6
“Medical misadventure” Inquest Conclusion: What are the Implications for Plastic Surgeons
and Clinics? by Tracy Sell-Peters
page 10
Remote Robot-assisted Surgery Raises Liability Questions by Jill Paterson
& Philippa Wheeler
page 12
What does a Nephrologist do? by Dr. Michael Robson
page 14
A Tangled Web: The Admissibility of Previous Apparently False Complaints of Rape and
Domestic Violence, and Their E昀昀ect on Conviction by Bianca Brasoveanu
page 17
The Inevitability of Greater Regulation: What Does the Future Hold for Experts? by Tom
Thurlow & Lara Tulip
page 21
What Makes a Good Expert? by Guy Jackson and Jason Sharp
page 24
Expert admits that his report amounted to “a piece of advocacy for the claimant” – how did
this impact the outcome of the case? by Bond Solon
page 31
Determining Reliability in Clinical Negligence Litigation – Evidential and Expert
Considerations by Elizabeth Broadley & Elinor Colman
page 39
Holding the Risk in Medical Treatment Cases by Alex Ruck Keene
page 43
The Circle Case Management Expert Witness Panel: Raising Standards in Independent
Expert Evidence by Yvonne Spijkerman
page 49
Understanding Con昀氀ict and Narcissism in Divorce and Separation by Grainne Fahy
& Yasmin Khan-Gunns
page 54
New Guideline: Rehabilitation for Chronic Neurological Disorders Including Acquired Brain
Injury by Kim Milan
page 57
Beyond the Pill: The Medicolegal Signi昀椀cance of Deep TMS in Managing TreatmentResistant Psychiatric Disorders by Dr Behrouz Nabav
page 63
Pedestrian Protection Through Vehicle Design by Adam Barrow
page 70
Indirect Optic Nerve Trauma Resulting In Visual Field Loss by Nicholas A Jacobs
page 75
Arbitration and AI: From Data Processing to Deepfakes. Outlining the Potential - and Pitfalls
- of AI in Arbitration by Matthew R. M. Walker & Jack B. Salter
page 83
The Chief Constable of Sussex Police v XGY: Two doors shut, but others stay open by Chris
Greenwood & Faye Metcalfe
page 96
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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