Getting started in medicolegal report writing

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You may want to talk to an accountant because your own individual circumstances may influence how much tax you need to pay on your extra income. You may also want to take advice on how to structure your business, and this might mean you need to seek insurance advice to ensure you have the right […]

You must have an up to date CV. We provide an example of a model CV layout for MLACP members that meets a format developed by The Academy of Experts’ Judicial Committee in February 2015 . This format was created to address concerns raised by judges about the quality of CVs in the reports they […]

You must have current HCPC registration and CSP membership. You must provide evidence that you have specific training in medicolegal report writing. You must agree to abide by our expectations of membership.

Membership of MLACP does not provide exclusive evidence of the ability to demonstrate appropriate standards of education in medicolegal report writing. However, many solicitors looking to instruct a report from a physiotherapist will ask that they are a member of MLACP. MLACP sets its own expectations of membership, and you will need to meet these […]

You need to be able to process, analyse and critique large amounts of potentially conflicting information to produce an objective, independent written opinion about a case. You need excellent spelling, grammar and punctuation abilities to produce a fluent report that meets CPR standards that can be used to inform the legal process. You need excellent […]