Q&A
With Richard Scott Watson Director of RSW medico Legal Ltd How did you become an expert witness?
In 1990 I took on a long term locum Consultant post and it just started from there. It started gradually with the ore simple minor injuries and just built up over the years.
What has been your most challenging expert witness case?
There was one murder trial, which taxed everyone involved. As far as personal injury is concerned, a five day trial with a litigant in person proved particularly challenging, but we still won.
I know that you deal with a range of cases, but can you specify a common case that you tend to deal with on a regular basis? There’s a lot of RTAs. It has not reduced, the attempts at fraud have not reduced and the system is creaking under the weight of very low standard initial reports.
What is your average turnaround time for a report?
Quickest – about 3 hours. Average if I have all the notes etc, will be three to five days.
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