18 February Case Updates Medical reporting agency at work 11. Report Writing, Medical Reporting Organisation, MRO, 02. Working with Agencies or Panels The issue in this judicial review did not turn on the expert evidence but the case illustrates the role of a medical reporting organisation (MRO) in a particular civil case and there are some general learning points. Of note, the MRO did not arrange the correction of an erroneous date, it did not recognise how the evidence set out by the expert was seemingly insufficiently referenced and it did not recognise that there would be questions as to how some of the expert’s conclusions were reached. Ivory, R (On the Application Of) v Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council [2025] EWCA Civ 21
31 January Case Updates JXX v Scott Archibald [2025] EWHC 69 (SCCO) 06. Rules and Regulations, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, Expert Fees, Medical Reporting Organisations, 02. Working with Agencies or Panels In considering whether the claimant should be required to provide a breakdown of expert and medical agency fees, the judge decided to offer the claimant the option of either providing the breakdown of expert and medical reporting organisation fees, to enable an assessment of work of both the expert and the MRO, or not providing that information and having the expert fees assessed on the hypothetical basis that there was no medical reporting organisation involved.
8 August Case Updates Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust v Hoskin (Manchester County Court, unreported, 22 May 2023) Expert's fees, Medical Reporting Agencies, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 02. Working with Agencies or Panels “Experts fees”