Rozanne Brash, Senior Account Manager at Rework (experts in workers compensation) shares how to avoid supplementary reports with a killer letter of instruction. Rozanne will give you insights into what the key is to a killer letter of instruction, what evidence and questions she provides to an expert which has resulted in zero supplementary reports in her 30 years of experience in Workers Compensation and in what circumstance she engages a medical expert for her area of expertise.

Peter Mileto is an Associate in the Public Liability team at Slater & Gordon. Peter explains what causation is and when the plaintiff has established it, how a medico legal can attack causation, the use of language in a report and in what circumstances does it present an issue for the plaintiff.

Jane Banting is an APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who shares with us what a Vocational Assessments is, the difference between a Occupational and Physiotherapist assessment, why a lawyer would use a musculoskeletal physio for a case, what a physiotherapy assessment involves, some examples of what cases she has worked on before and some suggested questions for the letter of instruction

Luke Perilli is an Associate at Maurice Blackburn. Luke is in the asbestos and occupational disease team and shares his insights on the type of cases he is approached with, the research he needs to do prior to selecting an experts opinion and his advice on what an expert should be thinking when he sends a client to them.

Jason Brown is the National Manager of Operations for Personal Legal Services at Maurice Blackburn. Jason shares insights into what is happening in the AI space and how it is effecting the medico legal industry. What needs to be considered when doing video assessments with experts, the examinee experience when attending an appointment and so much more.

Mr Peter Dohrmann is a Neurosurgeon who also has extensive experience as an expert witness. Mr Dohrmann provides insights on how to determine the difference between a pre-existing injury and the current injury.  The challenges when dealing with inconsistencies, what he would like to see if the letter of instruction and his opinion in response to lawyers questions when experts say “see above”

John Perra, Consultant Partnership Manager at eReports shares with us from an eReports perspective, what the process is behind selecting the right experts for their clients, how they find these experts, the benefits to working with 3rd party medico legal service for doctors and for legal professionals and how he stays up to date with what experts may be needed for upcoming cases.

Jaquie talks to us about Virtual Etiquette. She shares some important things to remember when having a virtual consultation, the pro and cons, how to get the best out of a virtual consultation and mostly importantly some tips on how do you build rapport virtually.

I’m joined by John Valiotis, Barrister who signed the bar roll in 2009, having previously been employed with Shine Lawyers and the TAC as a Solicitor.

John shares his opinion on what solicitors can be doing to get the best out of a medico legal report, how letter of instructions should be prepared, some common frustrations he faces as a barrister when it comes to analysis of medical opinions, examples of how medical witnesses have presented well in court and so much more

Dr Wood sharea his experience with elite teams and athletes and how quickly you can recover from an injury. The pitfalls when it comes to relying on imaging to provide a diagnosis or management of someone with a sports or musculoskeletal complaint and in what context would a lawyer need his expertise for a personal injury case.