About Dr Alexander Michael | Dental Expert Witness

Clinical and medico-legal experience

I am a practising general dental practitioner and dental expert witness with long-standing experience in clinical dentistry and medico-legal reporting.

My expert witness work includes condition and prognosis reports, breach of duty and causation opinions, screening reviews, replies to CPR 35 questions and joint expert work in dental clinical negligence and personal injury matters. A full breakdown of the case types I accept instructions in is available separately.

My clinical background as a general dental practitioner is central to my expert work. I am regularly involved in treatment planning, restorative decision-making, dental records, consent, prognosis and the practical realities of dental care in general practice.

Approach to expert evidence

My reports are intended to be clear, balanced and useful to the Court. I aim to identify the relevant dental issues, distinguish between what is supported by the evidence and what remains uncertain, and provide proportionate opinion within my area of expertise.

Where the evidence is incomplete, unclear or conflicting, I say so. Where an opinion depends on assumptions, those assumptions are identified.

Jurisdictions

I have accepted dental expert instructions from solicitors in England and Wales and the Republic of Ireland, where I have produced a number of expert reports. I have also accepted instructions arising in Jersey, the Isle of Man and the Cayman Islands. I am available to consider appropriate instructions from other English-speaking common-law jurisdictions, subject to the applicable local legal and procedural framework and the issues falling within my clinical expertise.

I adapt my reports to the applicable local procedural requirements and distinguish clearly between clinical opinion and matters of local law.

Qualifications and memberships

BDS — Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
LLM — Master of Laws (with Merit), Legal Aspects of Medical Practice, Cardiff University School of Law
DLM — Diploma of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London
MFDS — Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Dipl.MFGDP(UK) — Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons of England
AssocFCGDent — Associate Fellow, College of General Dentistry
CUBS — Cardiff University Law School Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate
FRSA — Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Current CV

A current medico-legal CV is available for solicitors, insurers and medico-legal agencies considering instruction.

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