somek&associates

Somek & Associates, part of the Frenkel Topping Group, is an Expert Witness Consultancy, run by expert witnesses for expert witnesses. One of the leading Expert Witness Consultancy’s in the medico-legal sector for over 25 years. We have an extensive range of high calibre experts specialising in occupational therapy and care, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, nursing, midwifery, prosthetics, orthotics, and dieticians, from across the UK.
 
Credibility - our associate trainers have over 231 years of experience between them, and are specialists in providing education and continuous CPD to our expert witnesses. Our in-house training is also supplemented with additional training from solicitors and barristers to reflect changes to the legal procedural rules, together with ever changing case law. This allows all our experts to adapt their practice and take into account the latest relevant judgments and principles – it is what keeps our experts challenged, inspired, and repeatedly instructed.

Tailored – reports can be provided for litigation and are fully CPR compliant, or if requested suitable for advisory purposes. Our report types extend across breach of duty, quantum, loss of service for fatal injury claims and reports for the family and criminal courts.  We offer deferred terms and fee estimates upon request.  We offer a free 15-minute initial consultation with an experienced clinician, together with an expert witness reservation facility.

Our experts report in cases of clinical negligence and personal injury in a range.
of specialisms including, but not limited to:
• Paediatrics
• Cerebral Palsy
• Erb’s palsy
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Amputee Management
• Complex Neurological Conditions
• Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia
• Oncology & Palliative Care
• Mental Health
• Learning Difficulties
• General Medicine & Surgery
• Rheumatology
• Care of the elderly
• Housing Needs & Manual Handling

Our nursing and midwifery experts can report in breach of duty in a variety of areas including;
• Acute ward nursing
• A&E / Emergency nursing
• Aesthetics
• Care home nursing
• District/Community nursing
• Elderly care, including dementia care
• Falls prevention
• General Practice (practice nurses & ANP’s)
• Health visiting
• Infection prevention and control
• Intensive Care/high dependency
• Mental Health nursing
• Midwifery care – all aspects
• Neonatal intensive care
• Neurosurgery and neurorehabilitation
• Nurse prescribing
• Sexual Health, including fitting contraceptive implants
• Spinal injuries nursing
• Tissue viability / pressure sore
management

We offer a range of report types to suit different situations, client and case needs,
and funds available. Our report structures have been carefully designed by an experienced team of expert witnesses to aid clarity and logical process, and takes into account client and barrister feedback. We provide reports that are well written and presented, are relevant to the complexity and size of the case, and are clearly structured with summarised conclusions, and costings.

Our report formats include;
• Care & Occupational Therapy
• Nursing Practice
• Midwifery Practice, including Early Notification Scheme
• Physiotherapy
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Orthotics & Prosthetics
• Dietetics
• Fitness to Practice
• Dependency & Loss of Service
• Criminal
• Housing Needs
• Vocational
• Preliminary Needs Assessments
• Independent Trust Investigations
• Coroners Inquest