Leading the Field in Case Management and Expert Witness Services, Harrison Associates use excellence in clinical governance to ensure the most appropriate associate with the most suitable skills and training is appointed to each case.

For us, the right outcomes rely on high quality evidence and unbiased testimony, delivered by the right experts, always. That’s why our team at Harrison Associates will always recommend the most suitable of our specialist expert witnesses, based on their skills and their availability to provide the independent, objective reports needed in each individual case.

The criteria

We select our expert witnesses using the industry’s highest standards of excellence, ensuring that each has a relevant health or social care qualification, registration with the appropriate professional body, a minimum eight years’ postgraduate experience and a wealth of specialist experience.

But we don’t stop there. We also provide specific training to panel of our expert witnesses, and each is carefully selected using a skills matrix based on their levels of specific experience and ability to synthesise information with the insight they’ve gained over their careers.

As a result, clients can rest assured that the professional we allocate to a case will always be able to provide independent and objective testimony, even on the most challenging of cases.

The choice

Choosing Harrison Associates to find an expert witness guarantees that the needs of claimant solicitors, defendant solicitors and insurers alike, will all be met. That’s why we pride ourselves on offering an extensive panel of expert witnesses to choose from.

These include:

• Midwifery
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)
• Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Physical Therapy (PT)
• And Nurses

However, what sets Harrison Associates apart is that our entire panel of expert witnesses all have a range of specialist training to ensure the quality of their testimony. These can range from:

• Amputations
• Care Packages
• Cauda equina
• Cerebral palsy
• Learning difficulties/Developmental disability
• Loss of Services
• Mental health
• Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal (MSK)
• Other neurological disorders
• Palliative care
• Respiratory Medicine
• Sensory Impairment
• Spinal cord injury, Brain injury, Peripheral Nerve Conditions and injury
• Vocational advice

As well as the following:

• Autism & ADHD
• Bowels
• Burns
• Cardiac Conditions, Endocrine Conditions, Progressive Conditions and General Medical Conditions
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Disability Education
• Discharge Planning
• Disorders of Consciousness
• Emergency Medicine, Home Adaptions and Specialist Equipment
• Frailty, Elderly Care, Elderly Rehabilitation
• Hand Therapy
• Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
• Learning disability, Physical disability
• Moving and Handling
• Needs Assessment
• Neurological Conditions
• Orthopaedics
• Postural Care
• Posture and Seating
• Safeguarding
• Single-Handed Care
• Stroke
• End of Life

And of course, our panel also includes:

• Experts who specialise in either both, adult, or child age groups
• Experts who operate both countrywide and localised

The experience

Each offering an extensive and detailed range of specialisms, our expert witnesses have undergone a minimum 8 years’ post-graduate experience to act on behalf of Harrison Associates.

Every expert has built a reputation within their industry, and is trained to deliver trustworthy testimony, all able to provide their unbiased, professional opinions in order to ensure a fair outcome in a Court or tribunal setting.

They provide well-reasoned, robust clinical opinions based on the facts of the case and their own clinical experience in a clear, objective way for defendant and claimant parties alike, and they uphold the very highest standards when doing so.

That’s because each of our expert witnesses is reliable, knowledgeable and always impartial in every single case. It’s what our reputation is built on, and we pride ourselves on maintaining those standards.

The next steps

At Harrison Associates, we provide expert witness reports for Courts and other bodies, specialising in recommendations for care and occupational therapy varying from a brief review of written evidence to full assessments of complex situations.

For over 30 years, we have developed, delivered and monitored tailor-made rehabilitation plans for those with catastrophic trauma or multiple injuries in order to facilitate the achievement of their goals.

Our team are trusted by over 500 legal firms, trusted by the solicitors and insurers dealing with complex cases, and most importantly of all, we are trusted by the people whose rehabilitation we manage.

To find out more about our services, contact our team today.