Yes. You must be registered with the HCPC to undertake medicolegal work as a physiotherapist. Since July 2014 the HCPC has required mandatory indemnity to practise as a condition of your continued HCPC registration.
Yes. You must be HCPC registered and in a ‘full-practising’ CSP membership category. The CSP PLI scheme covers all activities within the scope of physiotherapy practice and this explicitly includes expert witness work. You must abide by the full terms and conditions of the scheme.
No. Immunity from claim/suit was removed in 2011 following the case of Jones v Kaney, and experts can now be sued for wrongful and/or negligent expert witness work.
Yes. “Expert Witness shall mean any person who is a specialist in a subject presenting. His/her expert opinion, without having been a witness to any occurrence relating to the law suit or criminal case. The expert’s work is qualified by evidence of his/her expertise, training and special knowledge of the relevant subject.” [Reference: CSP PLI […]
It will cover any activity related to medicolegal physiotherapy work. This can include review of records/documents, examining patients, writing reports, participating in case conferences and attending Court.
No. The CSP PLI scheme covers you for your physiotherapy medicolegal work in the civil, criminal and family justice systems.
