I have been preparing expert reports for the assistance of the civil courts since 1995. I have given evidence in the jurisdictions of England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland, Jersey and Canada.
I have given evidence to the Court of Protection in relation to use of contraception by those with learning disability.
I have also given evidence on fitness to practise to the General Medical Council.
Professional
- Clinical negligence – doctors and nurses
- Harm / damage / side effects resulting from contraception
Contraceptive Implants (Norplant, Implanon and Nexplanon)
- Nerve injury with implants
- Lost, deep and migrated implants
- Failure to remove implant
- Failure to insert implant
IUDs (intrauterine devices, coils)
- Uterine ( womb) perforations
- Pregnancy with IUD
- Forgotten IUDs as a cause of secondary infertility
Pregnancy
- Problems in early pregnancy
- Late diagnosis or failure to diagnose pregnancy / ectopic pregancy
- Failed long-acting reversible contraception (LARC: implants, IUDs, IUS / Mirena and Depo-Provera injections)
- Wrongful conception
Abortion & Sterilisation
- Counselling
- Failure to offer late abortion
Learning Disability
Pharmaceutical Industry
- Group action against manufacturer
- Patent infringement