Dr Nigel Lord GP – General Practitioner Expert Witness – Liverpool
Medico-legal Experience
Dr Nigel Lord is a General Practitioner expert witness in Liverpool, Altrincham, Blackburn and Preston, providing medico-legal report writing for over 25 years, since 2000, supplying independent medico-legal GP reports and opinion. Dr Lord has been a member of the Expert Witness Institute since 2005 and completed his Bond Solon training in 2011. In 2022, Dr Lord was appointed to the Council of the Medical Defence Union and has gained vast experience working with Solicitors and Insurers, providing Personal Injury opinion and in General Practice Clinical Negligence cases.
Clinical Experience
In 1991, Dr Nigel Lord qualified at Sheffield University (MBChB), training until 1995, when he qualified as a General Practitioner, gaining Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP). Dr Lord worked as a locum GP, at the University of Sheffield Medical Centre, then became a GP Principal in 1996. Dr Lord currently has an NHS practice is based in Altrincham, where he is a Partner and former educational trainer plus GP supervisor. Dr Lord has a special interest in musculoskeletal medicine and joint injections. Dr Lord was promoted from a Member of the Royal College of GPs (MRCGP) to a Fellow (FRCGP) in 2023.
Expertise
As a General Practitioner expert witness in Liverpool, Dr Lord provides examinations on the following:
Personal injury, Serious injury, Road traffic accidents, Workplace accidents, Medical negligence, Motorbike and bicycle accidents.
Clinical interests
Musculoskeletal injuries, soft tissue injuries, needle stick injuries, low impact RTA, minor surgery, whiplash, trauma, injuries caused by animals.
What is the role of expert witness?
An expert witness provides an impartial medical opinion to the court, tribunal or committee and provides a medical opinion on the facts of the case. This is different from the role of the professional witness. The expert witness’ duty is to the court.
What is an expert witness?
An expert witness can be anyone with knowledge or experience in a particular field or discipline that is beyond that of a layperson.
Expert witnesses will be instructed by a party (usually a law firm or medical agency) to provide their specialist knowledge by way of an opinion, on a particular issues or facts in a medico-legal case, to help resolve a dispute.
An expert witness will not have been personally involved with the patient’s case that they are providing evidence (written or oral) on, they are providing evidence because of their specialised knowledge of a specific field relevant to the case.
Whilst a GP expert witness is usually instructed by one party (or sometimes both parties in a dispute – otherwise known as a single joint expert), an expert’s overriding duty is to assist the court with the ultimate outcome of a dispute by providing an expert medical report that is independent, objective and unbiased.
General Practitioner expert witness Liverpool
Dr Lord holds monthly clinics for medico-legal examinations and medico-legal reports on personal injury at his Liverpool venue, which is located at 47 Rodney Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 9EW.
In additional to Dr Lord’s personal injury expertise, Dr Lord also has an extensive GP medical negligence practice. Dr Lord accepts GP negligence instructions from Solicitors and medico-legal agencies, however requires an approach in the first instance, prior to accepting formal instructions.
Medico-legal examinations and assessments are available in Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester and for further information please visit the profile for Dr Lord: https://themedicalexpertwitness.co.uk/experts/dr-nigel-lord/
LOCATIONS: Altrincham | Blackburn | Liverpool | Manchester | Preston
Please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone or email to enquire about case fees, availability or medico-legal report turn around times.
Telephone: 07542 749084