Consultant Community Paediatrician and Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children
FRCPCH, MSC, MRCP, MBBS
London & Nationwide
I provide expert witness service which includes preparation of medico-legal expert reports for safeguarding children and child abuse (physical abuse, neglect, perplexing presentations / fabricated and induced illness); meeting of experts and giving evidence in court. I take instructions on behalf of claimant or defendant or single joint instruction.
I have worked in the field of Paediatrics for 31 years, the last 23 years specifically in Community Paediatrics and Safeguarding children; the last 6 year have included medico-legal work.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 1987, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. • Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) 1997. • Master’s Degree in Community Paediatrics (MSc) 2002, University College, London.
Bond Solon/Cardiff University Expert Witness Course Modules - 2004, 2013. • Legal Update for Expert Witnesses by Bond Solon - 2019. • Annual Expert Witness Conference by Inspire MediLaw – 2020. • Expert Witness Conference by Bond Solon - 2020, 2021. • BMA Medico Legal conference July 2022.
FRCPCH – Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. • Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP) • British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) • International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN)