Services for Personal Injury and Clinical
Negligence Lawyers and Insurers
We provide the legal profession with employment
consultancy, expert employability and loss of earnings reports, and specific information
in cases of personal injury, clinical negligence and occupational stress.
Our vocational rehabilitation services can also
assist Claimants achieve a return to employment.
Much of our business comes from solicitor and
Counsel recommendation, and repeat business. See Client Testimonials
All litigation work is supported by a highly
experienced research team.
Our range of services is described below.
Employment, Earnings and Employment
Rehabilitation Reports
The provision of comprehensive, robust employment,
earnings and employment rehabilitation reports in personal injury and clinical negligence
cases.
Reports are prepared following detailed analysis of
the Claimant’s pre-injury and post injury employment, educational and training
history profile and relevant medical reports.
Professional opinion is supported by thorough
research and, where required, the capability and experience to provide oral evidence in
Court.
These reports typically include:
- Assessed without-injury employment prospects and
earnings;
- Assessed future after-injury employment prospects and
earnings;
- An assessment of what measures might assist a return
to work.
and careful consideration is given to:
- the availability and costs of re-training
- the likely duration of any job search
It is preferable to interview the Claimant, however
where this is not possible their profile can be obtained by questionnaire or through
undertaking a paper based review.
Reports are normally available within four weeks of
instruction. In urgent cases this timescale can be reduced.
Career Profiling Reports on Young Persons
We are experienced in cases where injury occurred at
birth, in very early life or prior to commencing work.
Work has been regularly undertaken in complex cases
including those involving brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, Erb’s Palsy, sight loss and
limb loss.
Our team is experienced in school and adult careers
advisory work.
Career profiling loss of earnings reports provide an
expert opinion on employment and earnings prospects with and without injury.
Family profiling and extensive educational and
vocational research are utilised.
Occupational Stress
We have been involved in a range of claims
concerning work-related stress. As well as assessing future employability of the
Claimants, we have been asked to assist in determining liability evidence. The employment
policies, procedures and practices of the Defendants are examined to determine how these
compare with recommended practice, and practice in organisations of a similar size or in a
similar sector.
The actual events are compared with what a
reasonable employer in similar circumstances should have known and done.
Factual Information Reports
In some cases a full expert witness service may not
be proportionate to the claim, or allowed by the Court. However, accurate factual
information on earnings and employment issues may be required.
Our Factual Information Reports are designed to
provide a cost effective means of obtaining well researched information on a range of
employment and earnings issues.
For more information please follow the links for Factual Information Reports.
Employment Rehabilitation Reports and Services -
"Back to Work"
Increasingly we are being asked to provide support
to assist unemployed individuals to return to work.
Our "Back to Work" service provides a
range of practical support tailored to meet individual Claimant’s needs.
For more information please follow the links for Employment Rehabilitation Reports and Services - “Back to
Work”.
Expert Adviser / Shadow Expert Service
We can provide help in quantifying a claim, and
provide assistance during the process of the claim. This can include:
- Early assessment of the employment and loss of
earnings related issues in a case;
- Early advice on the types of employment evidence
required and how it can be accessed;
- Review of case papers to identify employment issues
relevant to the claim;
- Assistance in quantifying the Schedule of Loss or the
Counter Schedule;
- Likely duration of job search;
- Commenting on existing employment evidence and
including any existing employment expert opinion.
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