SERVICES
Comprehensive medicolegal reports across a wide range of clinical specialties
Akiva accepts instructions from claimant, defendant, and joint-instruction solicitors across all case types. Reports are prepared to CPR Part 35 standards and based on thorough clinical examination and objective assessment. Prison visits and international examinations are available.
CLINICAL SCOPE
Areas of clincial expertise
Musculoskeletal injuries
Soft tissue, spinal, and joint injuries — prognosis, causation, and treatment needs.
Orthopaedic injuries
Fractures, dislocations, post-surgical rehabilitation, and long-term functional impact.
Neurological injuries
Nerve injury, spinal cord conditions, and neurological deficit following trauma.
Brain injury
Acquired and traumatic brain injury — rehabilitation implications and long-term prognosis.
Amputation
Traumatic and surgical amputation — prosthetics, rehabilitation, and long-term care.
Chronic pain & rehabilitation
Persistent pain conditions, functional disability, and long-term rehabilitation needs.
First Contact Practice (NHS primary care)
As a practising First Contact Practitioner in NHS primary care, Akiva brings a current understanding of how musculoskeletal and complex conditions present and should be managed at first contact. Particularly relevant for cases involving delayed diagnosis, inadequate referral, or sub-standard management in primary care settings.
TYPES OF INSTRUCTION
What Akiva can be instructed to provide
Personal injury reports
Soft tissue, MSK, and complex injury reports — causation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Clinical negligence reports
Independent opinion on whether physiotherapy management met the accepted standard of care.
Quantum / catastrophic injury reports
Future care, rehabilitation needs, and equipment costs in high-value and catastrophic injury claims.
Single joint expert (SJE)
Court-appointed or jointly instructed to provide an impartial, independent assessment.
Addendum reports & Part 35 responses
Supplementary reports and written responses to Part 35 questions.
Conference with counsel
Pre-trial conferences in person or by telephone/video link.
FEES
Fee schedule
All fees are exclusive of VAT, which will be added where applicable.
Medicolegal reports
£250 / hour
Includes all report preparation time
Court attendance
£2,000 / day
Plus preparation time at £250/hour
Addenda · Part 35 · Conference
£250 / hour
Conference includes preparation and travel time. Travel expenses additional.
Cancellation policy
Less than 7 days notice 100%
7–14 days notice 50%
More than 14 days notice No charge
Instructions to akiva@bridge-rehab.co.uk · General enquiries to Emma: info@bridge-rehab.co.uk · Medical records sent by secure link.