Addendum and supplementary reports
The work after the first report: answers to written questions, addendum reports on new records, updated reports before trial, joint statements with the other side’s expert, and second opinions. Free initial screening call and fixed fees with no hidden charges.
- APIL Tier 1 Recommended Expert
- Claimant, defendant and SJE
- CPR 35.6 and 35.12
After the first report
A psychiatric report is rarely the last word in a contested claim. New records arrive, the claimant’s condition changes, the other side puts written questions, and the experts are directed to discuss the issues. Dr Pradhan assists with supplementary questions, joint statements and court attendance where required.
She also provides second-opinion reports where a solicitor needs an independent view on another expert’s psychiatric opinion, or where an earlier report no longer reflects the claimant’s condition.
Dr Pradhan is dual-accredited for claimant and defendant work and is regularly appointed as a single joint expert, and judges have commended her reports for clarity.
What the work covers
Work after the first report commonly includes:
- Answers to written questions under CPR 35.6
- Addendum reports on new records or witness evidence
- Updated reports after a further assessment
- Comments on the other side’s psychiatric evidence
- Discussions between experts and joint statements under CPR 35.12
- Revised opinions on prognosis as treatment progresses
- Changes of opinion, and the reasons for them
- Second-opinion reports on another expert’s conclusions
- Reports for a different stage of the case, such as quantum after liability
- Clarification for counsel before a conference
- Court attendance where required
- Reports on records disclosed after the first report
Send a short note of the earlier report and the new material or the questions, and any deadline, and Dr Pradhan will confirm the scope and a fixed fee.
Submit an enquiryThe four most common tasks
Each piece of work after the first report is held to the same duty to the court as the report itself.
Written questions
Questions put under CPR 35.6, usually within 28 days of service and for clarification, answered clearly and treated as part of the report.
Addendum reports
A focused report on new records, witness evidence or a change in the claimant’s condition, saying whether the opinion changes and why.
Joint statements
A discussion with the other side’s psychiatric expert, recorded in a statement of the issues agreed and not agreed, with the reasons.
Second opinions
An independent view on another expert’s report, where the instructions and the court’s directions allow.
The rules on expert questions and discussions
In England and Wales, a party may put written questions to an expert once, within 28 days of service of the report, for the purpose only of clarification, unless the court permits or the other party agrees otherwise. The court may direct the experts to discuss the issues and to prepare a statement of the matters on which they agree and disagree.
Where an opinion changes, for example because new records come to light, the expert must say so and explain why. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own rules, and work there is prepared to them.
If an expert does not answer a written question from another party, the court may order that the party who instructed the expert cannot rely on that expert’s evidence, or cannot recover the expert’s fees from any other party, or both.
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Addendum report questions
If your question is not answered here, call and Dr Pradhan will advise on scope and timescale.
Call 0121 752 6065Can Dr Pradhan answer questions on a report she did not write?
Questions under CPR 35.6 are answered by the expert who wrote the report. Dr Pradhan can provide a second-opinion report on another expert’s conclusions where the instructions and the court’s directions allow.
When is a further assessment needed?
Where the claimant’s condition may have changed, or a long time has passed since the last assessment. An addendum on new records alone may not need one.
How are joint statements handled?
The experts discuss the issues and record the matters agreed and not agreed, with reasons. Dr Pradhan gives her own independent opinion in the discussion and agrees the points the evidence supports.
How quickly can written questions be answered?
Send the questions and the deadline with your enquiry, and Dr Pradhan will confirm whether she can answer within it.
Is the fee fixed?
Yes. The fee for each piece of work is agreed in advance, with no hidden charges.
Instruct Dr Pradhan on further work
Send a short note of the earlier report and the new material or the questions, the funding route and any deadline.
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