Day in the life of an Expert Witness

Clare Cole is an Occupational Therapist with nearly 17 years of clinical experience, who now works as an Expert Witness in the medico-legal field. Specialising in neurological occupational therapy, Clare takes on cases spanning stroke, brain injury, cauda equina syndrome, and personal injury. Here, she shares how she found her way into the role, what she loves about it, and what she wishes she had known at the start.

Kathryn Rowe is an Expert Witness and Physiotherapist with over 17 years of clinical experience in neurological, spinal and orthopaedic rehabilitation. She works with adults and young people following traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and complex multi-trauma. Here she tells us about her Expert Witness work, why she still practises as a physiotherapist in the community, and what she wishes she had known when she started out.

We speak to a consultant Speech and Language Therapist providing assessments for Special Educational Need (SEND) tribunals and writing medicolegal reports for educational negligence and personal injury cases. Here, they tell us more about their Expert Witness work, explains why they find it so meaningful, and how they balance it with their clinical and voluntary commitments.

Marisa Shek is a Healthcare Architect and owner of Shek Architects. As an Expert Witness, she specialises in the field of accommodation for disabled people in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation. Here, she tells us how she became an Expert Witness and why her work continues to inspire her.