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Contact: for medicolegal enquires please click here to send an encrypted Proton email.

Experience

 

I was trained in the duties of a medical expert witness by Bond-Solon (London) and Cardiff University in 2002, gaining their Expert Witness Certificate. I update my training regularly.

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I have accepted instructions in more than 970 cases. I currently accept instructions in around 40 new cases each year. Around 90% of my instructions are in civil litigation, of which around 50% are on behalf of the Defendant and 50% are on behalf of the Claimant. The remaining 10% of my instructions are in criminal, coronial and tribunal cases.

 

The majority of new instructions are via recommendations from solicitors & barristers with whom I have worked. 

 

Expertise

 

  • General anaesthesia

  • Spinal & epidural anaesthesia

  • Nerve blocks

  • Awareness during anaesthesia

  • Injury during anaesthesia

  • Airway management

  • Tracheal intubation

  • Vascular access

  • Pre-op assessment & preparation

  • Post-op care & complications

  • Anaesthetic equipment

  • Cardiac arrest & resuscitation

  • Intra-operative complications

  • Peri-operative risk management

  • Hypoxia & brain injury

  • Physiology & pharmacology

 

I do not provide reports on cardiac or obstetric anaesthesia, chronic pain medicine, or the treatment of infants or babies.

Turnaround time

 

I provide reports within 6 weeks of receipt of instructions and medical records.

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I can also provide expedited reports within 10 working days of receiving instructions and the records.

 

Exchange of documents

 

I work most efficiently from electronic documents. Hard copy is accepted only with prior agreement.

 

I provide all communications and reports by email. All confidential material is encrypted and password-protected. Emails identify involved parties only by the supplied case reference number.

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I am a registered with the ICO as a data controller.

Reports

 

A full report comprises an introduction, a detailed summary of events and the background, an opinion, relevant technical information and appendices (including bibliography, curriculum vitae, statement of truth). Full reports are suitable for disclosure and are typically 12-18 pages in length (plus supporting material, i.e. research manuscripts or book excerpts).

 

A short report comprises a summary of the issues and an opinion. Typically, it is 4-5 pages in length; it is not suitable for disclosure. Reports prepared under the NHSLA ‘short form’ protocol are provided as a short report.

Medicolegal company structure

All medicolegal reporting is provided by Professor JG Hardman, acting as a director of Dr JG Hardman Ltd (company number 4844576, VAT registration 165538095, ICO registration ZA446379).

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