14 October Case Updates Impact speed and risk of injury 16. Criticism and Complaints, CV, Impact speed, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence There are some general learning points for all experts but otherwise this is for neurosurgeons. It is another road traffic accident personal injury case in which the court needed the assistance of neurosurgeons, or at least it would have done but for the fact that it made a finding which made it unnecessary to consider the neurosurgical evidence before reaching a judgment. The nature of the injuries sustained by the claimant were not in dispute. What was in dispute, but ultimately irrelevant, was what the child’s injuries would have been if the driver of the vehicle had been driving (non-negligently) at a lower speed than he was. It was on this point that the neurosurgical experts disagreed. MW v Wilkinson [2025] EWHC 2300 (KB)
27 September Case Updates Pedestrian-vehicle impact speed and injury severity Head injury criteria scores, Impact speed, Pedestrian-vehicle collision For accident reconstruction, emergency medicine and neurosurgery experts, this case illustrates the interdependence of accident reconstruction and medical evidence and the need for the medical experts to have regard to the accident reconstruction evidence. Colizzi v Coulson [2024] EWHC 1956 (KB)