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Anon 14.12 -

"a medical expert who - like most of them - is willing to say whatever the Claimant's solicitor pays him to"

"the number of lying, exaggerating Claimants supported by underhanded solicitors and immoral medical experts"

That's pretty punchy stuff .

I do understand how it can sometimes appear from your perspective on the defence side.

For balance, I speak as a medicolegal expert witness of over 30 years standing. Inevitably the majority of my commissions have come from the claimant side, but I have quite extensive experience, both in PI and med neg, for the defence too.

In all but the most routine ie whiplash cases there is a joint report in which I interact with the Expert for the "other side" so I see what they write and discuss it with them.

I have to say to you that overwhelmingly the arguments made have been plausible and defensible (sic) and the immoral hired guns you describe have been few and far between.

As for the exaggerating liar claimants we do our best to indicate our doubts within the rigid protocols of the Medical Report but this is not always the best forum to discover deception.

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