Medico-Legal Consultancy
Nationwide
After 27 years working in this industry, Somek & Associates, become one of the largest and leading medico-legal consultancies, providing Expert Witness services in the UK, delivering over 300+ highly professional, trained experts in a range of health disciplines, covering all types of personal injury and clinical negligence as well as disability issues including family matters, criminal cases, tribunal, coroner’s court, and professional regulation issues.
Our best-in-class experts continue to undertake clinical practice either in a statutory or independent setting, and the majority of the care experts are also case managers. We provide clear and fully CPR compliant reports for litigation, or for advisory purposes. Run by experts, for experts, we are equipped to undertake cases in different jurisdictions and internationally.
Quantum: Care & Occupational Therapy, covering a vast range of specialisms, including brain injury, gastric and vascular surgery, other neurology, spinal cord injury, birth trauma, and orthopaedics.
Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Orthotists, Prosthetists and Dietitians across a range of adult and paediatric specialisms.
Liability: Nursing, paramedics & Midwifery, covering an extensive range of specialisms within hospital and community settings including A&E, Care of the Elderly, Chemotherapy, Dermatology, Falls, Infection Control, Mental Health, Tissue Viability, and Paediatrics within the Nursing sector and breech, caesarean section, diabetes examination of the newborn, induction of labour, intrapartum care, neonatal resuscitation, pre-eclampsia, postnatal care, still birth in the Midwifery sector. Our midwifery experts are fully trained and able to report on ENS cases.
Everything we do is guided by care, clarity, and a deep commitment to doing the right thing – for our clients, our experts, and the people whose lives we impact. We ensure that the integrity of the expert witness is embodied in the work of our associates and company overall. Since our inception, maintaining a balanced portfolio of claimant and defendant work has been central to how we operate — ensuring objectivity through a carefully curated expert network and an exceptional in-house team that understands the demands of both clinical practice and litigation. Our experts bring deep clinical insight and rigorous impartiality to every case.
Our trusted expert witness reports are clearly structured with summarised conclusions and costings and regardless of the complexity and size of the case, and you can count on independent, clear and robust reports, which can withstand legal scrutiny.
Our report types 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
We are able to offer competitive fees, deferred payment terms and fee estimates upon request and meet agreed deadlines.
For a directory of experts or preliminary discussion regarding potential cases contact Danielle Gibson, Client Services Manager.
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