Medico-Legal Services

Dr Hassan provides independent medico-legal reports in clinical negligence and personal injury cases involving Emergency Department care for both adults and children.

  • Breach of duty/standard of care assessments
  • Causation opinions
  • Screening/merit reports
  • Full CPR-compliant reports
  • Condition and prognosis reports (where appropriate)
  • Advisory reports and case conferences
  • Joint statements with other experts

  • Alleged delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis in the Emergency Department
  • Missed fractures and limb injuries (adult and paediatric)
  • Major trauma and polytrauma management
  • Sepsis, meningitis and serious infection
  • DVT, PE, myocardial infarction and other time-critical conditions
  • Head injury (adult and paediatric) and safeguarding issues
  • Toxicology and overdose management
  • Application of NICE guidelines and local emergency pathways

  • Claimant
  • Defendant
  • Single Joint Expert (by agreement)

Reports are prepared in accordance with CPR Part 35 and relevant professional guidance on expert evidence. When acting as an expert witness, Dr Hassan’s primary duty is to the Court, and his evidence is independent, objective and unbiased.

Rivelin Medical - Medico-Legal Expert Witness