Changes in recoverability have forced market change, with law firms now looking at new ways to maintain profitability so they can continue to offer access to justice. We are proud to be ushering in the future of medical expert evidence for the claimant sector to deliver exactly this.
We offer a two-stage service so you can easily investigate your client case, and then obtain the expert evidence you need.
Our Pre-Action Clinical Liability Investigation service allows you to quickly and accurately determine whether your client’s potential claim shows reasonable prospects of success, or not.
Using our experience from working with organisations across the globe, we have developed a pioneering service to help you assess your client’s potential clinical negligence claim.
Cost: from £1,200 + VAT
Our assessment service combines both unlimited clinical expertise from our leading front-line clinicians across all medical disciplines, and that of specialist healthcare investigators so that you can clearly advise your client as to whether their case demonstrates breach of duty, and subsequent causation.
With precise, expert supported advice this service enables you to rapidly draft a clear letter of claim capable of robustly presenting your clients case which helps to speed up resolution, settlement and recoverability of your fees and in turn your cashflow.
To get started, simply provide us with details of your clients concerns and their medical records, and one of our highly specialised clinical investigatory team will get to work on assessing the case.
Where a technical clinical issue arises, the investigator will seek an opinion from an appropriate healthcare professional to ensure the issue is expertly investigated; for example if the performance of a specific cranial neurosurgical surgical technique is being investigated, a neurosurgeon with experience in that technique will be called on to provide an opinion on that specific issue.
All investigations include unlimited expert input from the full spectrum of medical disciplines, ensuring your case receives unparalleled MDT style clinical advice.
The investigator will provide a detailed report which carefully details any substandard clinical care that could amount to a breach of duty, alongside any corresponding harm caused so that a letter of claim can easily be drafted.
Clarifications are free of charge, and the CV’s and details of experts are included to enable you to proceed to obtain disclosable court compliant evidence should this later be necessary.
With no agency fees, eliminate any financial risks associated with unrecovered costs.
Speed up settlements and improve cashflow by reducing the time needed to investigate a claim, produce a letter of claim and negotiate settlement.
With one fixed fee investigation report covering an unlimited number of expert opinions spanning all medical disciplines, reduce the risk of wasted disbursements.
With a TMLEP report you can swiftly provide your client with clear answers to their questions and set realistic expectations at an early stage.
Focus on profitable cases by identifying and avoiding unmeritorious ones early on.
Designed with proportionate fee recovery in mind and supported by established case law, reduce the risk of non-recoverability.
Prevent unmeritorious cases from progressing, reducing avoidable ATE claims and improve relationships with ATE insurers.
Accelerate your claims process with clear, consolidated expert insights on breach and causation, eliminating delays often associated with obtaining expert evidence.
With thorough independent assessment, draft your Letter of Claim in a way which can help defendants understand your claim better, expediting resolution.
Instructing individual experts incurs multiple report costs, whereas TMLEP offers a single report with unlimited expert opinions.
Our reports are overseen by experienced lead clinical investigators, ensuring thorough and accurate investigations.
With the introduction of Fixed Recoverable Costs, TMLEP provides a fixed-cost service taking the fixed recoverable limits into account, reducing financial risk and ensuring costs recoverability.
Cases like Aba Aminu-Edu v Esure Insurance Company and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust v Luke Hoskin show that agency fees are heavily scrutinised and often unrecoverable.
As TMLEP is not an agency, and does not charge an agency fee, instructing TMLEP eliminates any financial risk for both the claimant and the law firm in respect of the recoverability of agency fees.
Unlike traditional agencies, TMLEP offers a comprehensive investigatory service, not just a standard expert report.
Fees are recoverable if they are reasonable and proportionate for the claim, as outlined in CPR 44.3(5) and 44.4(3). Settled case law, such as Smith Graham v Lord Chancellor’s Department (1999) and Crance v Cannons Leisure Centre [2007], supports the recoverability of fees that assist the legal representative.
TMLEP’s service saves time, reduces costs, and provides swift access to answers, meeting the overriding objective of dealing with matters justly and at proportionate expense.
Our clinical investigators are highly experienced in investigating and advising on matters concerning the delivery of healthcare. Their expertise and holistic oversight to an investigation is crucial to ensure an MDT approach is taken so that appropriate opinions are sought and views are carefully balanced to ensure any substandard care is appropriately investigated and subsequent causation understood.
Once established, our expert opinions provide the Court Compliant Disclosable Evidence you need to support your client’s claim to trial so they can obtain the compensation they need.
Trust TMLEP to provide the expert evidence you need to support your clients case to trial. With expert evidence available to instruct from all medical disciplines, easily obtain CPR compliant opinions on breach, causation and condition and prognosis.
Cost: Hourly rate with no agency fees.
TMLEP’s expert evidence portal allows lawyers to quickly find an expert, view live fees and reporting timescales, and securely upload instructions, records and imaging.
Significantly reducing the time ordinarily spent instructing and managing experts, reducing unnecessary costs and ensuring time can be focused on assisting clients achieve a better outcome.
For access, or a demonstration, contact us today.
With risks over recoverability rising in light of Parsons v Stevens, claimant lawyers are increasingly concerned on the ability to recover agency fees. As TMLEP is not an agency, with no agency fees charged, TMLEP alleviated this concern.
With an average reporting time of 21 days for court compliant evidence, you no longer should expect to wait months for an expert opinion. Our technology solutions and analyst support enable leading experts to comment competently on matters within days, meaning missed deadlines and court extensions have become a thing of the past.
TMLEP carefully headhunt the very brightest clinical minds, to ensure that no matter how complex the clinical issue being assessed, we provide definitive, learned opinion.
When you instruct TMLEP, you also receive support from a specialist analyst who is on hand to help with any issue you encounter when obtaining your expert opinion.
TMLEP’s expert evidence portal allows lawyers to quickly find an expert, view live fees and reporting timescales, and securely upload instructions, records and imaging.
All TMLEP opinions are clear, unambiguous and easy to understand. We leave no room for misinterpretation.
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