I prepare medicolegal reports at the request of independent solicitors, NHS Resolution (formerly the NHS Litigation Authority), and the medical defence societies.

I have also appeared at the Coroners Court as an expert, at the request of HM Coroners.

My aim is to complete reports within 2-3 months of receiving all documentation. I take on only those cases pertinent to my particular specialty in paediatric respiratory medicine. My fees are £300 per hour.

In the last few years my work has been divided as around 90% claimant / 10% defendant. I have extensive experience of attending meetings with other experts and counsel, including videoconferences. I have also attended Court, although obviously less often as almost all cases have settled or not proceeded.

I have been instructed by many of the agencies on behalf of solicitors, including Premex, Stewart House, UK Expert Medical, MAPS Medical reporting.

I have attended a variety of courses including professional report writing and conduct as an expert witness in court, and am in the Law Society Directory of Expert Witnesses.

I am an accredited Mediator, having trained at the London School of Mediation.

Link to my published review article – Medicolegal issues for the respiratory paediatrician.

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I have provided reports on a variety of situations, including:

• Delay in diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, empyema, pneumonia, lobar collapse, aspiration/unsafe swallow, pertussis, bacterial tracheitis, bronchiectasis, obliterative bronchiolitis, foreign body inhalation, immunodeficiency, chest tumours, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, tracheo-oesophageal fistula 
• Delay in treatment of asthma, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, empyema, lung and chest wall abscess, bronchiectasis, sepsis, obliterative bronchiolitis, primary ciliary dyskinesia 
• Prognosis of children with cerebral palsy and other significant disorders from a respiratory perspective, particularly when having non-invasive ventilation
• Standard of care for treatment of acute asthma exacerbations including fatal asthma
• Effect of home conditions (damp, mould etc.) in asthma
• Asthma fatality
• Neonatal respiratory complications – respiratory distress syndrome, pneumothorax, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pneumonia following prolonged rupture of membranes, effects of  Caesarean section before term 
• Cross infection in cystic fibrosis
• Adverse drug reactions (piptazobactam, aminoglycosides) in cystic fibrosis
• Effect on respiratory system of missed cardiac diagnosis
• Respiratory complication of spinal cord injury
• Respiratory impact of scoliosis, including delayed treatment
• Respiratory complications of tracheo-oesophageal repair
• Cardiorespiratory arrest in a child with a tracheostomy and non-invasive ventilation
• Effect of nasogastric feed into the lungs (wrongly placed NG tube)
• Effect of chemotherapy into pleural cavity (misplaced central line)
• Inhalation of a tooth during dental procedure
• Effects of stab wound to chest
• Carbon monoxide poisoning in homes
• Contamination of piped oxygen in a hospital
• Inhalation of builder’s dust
• Lung contusions after a road traffic accident
• Near drowning
• Non-accidental injury in a baby with cystic fibrosis
• Effect of a congenital thoracic malformations, and also impact of a missed diagnosis
• Tuberculosis after infliximab therapy
• Respiratory effects of Arnold-Chiari malformation
• Failed resuscitation at home with misplaced tracheostomy
• Under-dosing of glycopyrrholate
• Death due to aspiration after force feeding
• Respiratory arrest after rocuronium left in IV cannula
• Late impact of exposure to smoke and toxic gases in Grenfell Fire (multiple cases)