Legal Reports

Medico Legal Reports -
Professor John F Morgan's Practice

I practice from chambers in Leeds, Harrogate and London. I am approved by the Law Society as an Expert Witness. I have received formal training on report writing and speaking in court. I currently prepare approximately four medico-legal reports per month for civil actions and regularly appear in Court or at Tribunal. In 2012 I acted for plaintiffs (25%) and defendants (35%), as well as single joint expert (40%).

I have special academic and clinical expertise in:

Psychological consequences of trauma, including road traffic accidents
Psychiatric effects of medical negligence
Application of the Disability Discrimination Act
General Hospital Psychiatry (consultation-liaison psychiatry)
Psychological sequelae of obstetric complications
Stress-related disorders
Psychological consequences of physical disorders and their treatment
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Occupational stress
Psychosomatic illnesses
Eating disorders
Addictive disorders
Disorders of impulse-control (deliberate self-harm)
Body image disorders
Phobias
Depression
Chronic pain
Risk Management

I have acted for both plaintiffs and defendants, including instruction by national Trade Unions.

I have taught Mental Health Law to consultants and trainees for the past 8 years.

I am Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' "Patient Satefy Group".

I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Higher Education Authority, the European Council on Eating Disorders, the Eating Disorder Research Society and the Royal Society for Medicine.

I am an academic psychiatrist, with a research portfolio including work on mental health law and mental capacity. I have published over 60 first-author peer-reviewed publications in high 'impact-factor' journals, including recent publications in the Lancet, 'Medicine Science and the Law' and the British Medical Journal. I have an international reputation as an academic psychiatrist in the field of psychological medicine.

I have received recognition by the award of a Doctorate of Medicine from Cambridge University that has won the Ralph Noble Prize. I frequently present my research at international conference. My research has attracted the interest of the Media and I have shown the ability to communicate medical information to lay-people through recent interviews in the national press.

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