Fees

• Hourly Rate: £80
•Fee for the preparation of an expert MedCo report: £270
•Fee for the initial preparation of a MedCo orthopaedic surgeon report: £320
•Fee for the initial preparation of a standard personal injury report: usually in the range of £260 – £350
Complex reports and negligence reports are undertaken at his hourly rate. Estimates of cost can be provided on a case-by-case basis. All subsequent work, including teleconferences and conferences in chambers, will be charged at an hourly rate of £80.

An approximation of the average time involved is shown below:

•Personal Injury Reports: (1.5 – 8 hours)
•Negligence Reports: (4 – 12 hours)
•Comments upon Defendant’s defence: (1 – 2 hours)
•Review x 1 Witness Statement: (1 – 2 hours)
•Addendum/Supplementary report: (1 – 4 hours)
•Response to Part 35 Questions: (1 – 2 hours)
•Prepare a Joint Statement: (2 – 3 hours)
•Conference with Counsel: (3 – 8 hours)

Court Attendance & Expenses

• Attendance at court will be charged at £600 per half day.
•Travel expenses will be payable at first-class rail travel or car mileage at £1.20 per mile.

Cancellation Charges

•Charge for cancellation within 4 days of appointment: £25
•Charge for cancellation within 24 hours of appointment: £50
•Charge for failure to attend appointment: £75
•Cancellation of court attendance within 8 weeks of court date: 20% of fee
•Cancellation of court attendance within 14 days of court date: 40% of fee
•Cancellation within 7 days of court date: 75% of fee
•Charge for cancellation within 48 hours of court date: 100% of fee

Payment Instructing Solicitors shall pay all sums within 42 days of the date of the invoices unless otherwise agreed in advance. If Instructing Solicitors are late in payment, interest at 3% per annum above the base rate for the time being of Barclays Bank PLC will automatically be added to the sum due. The Medical Witness reserves the right at all times to require advance payment for the written reports(s) prior to supplying the report(s) to Instructing Solicitors.

Attendance in Court Will be in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Law Society “Code of Practice for Medico-Legal Reports in Personal Injury Cases” January 1995.