Areas of Medico-Legal Unreliability in Personal Injury Cases

¹Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Director, Hugh Koch Associates, Cheltenham, UK and Visiting Professor to School of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden.

²Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Hugh Koch Associates, Cheltenham and Cardiff, UK.

Corresponding Author: Hugh Koch, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Director, Hugh Koch Associates, Cheltenham, UK, Tel: 0044-1242-263715; E-Mail: [email protected]

Received Date: 17 Dec 2016  
Accepted Date: 09 Jan 2017 
Published Date: 10 Jan 2017

Copyright © 2017 Koch H

Citation: Koch H and Elson P. (2016). Areas of Medico-Legal Unreliability in Personal Injury Cases. Mathews J Case Rep 2(1): 0024.

ABSTRACT

Personal Injuries following a serious road traffic accident are illustrated. Assessment processes involving initial assessment and reassessment, defendant-instructed assessment and subsequent joint opinion discussions are outlined, giving further support to the progressive and logical medico-legal understanding of trauma and a positive approach to civil litigation.

KEYWORDS

Personal Injury; Medico-Legal Trail; Joint Statements; Medico-Legal Postulates.