Industrial respiratory disease (mesothelioma, asbestos-related illness and silicosis) • Cancer, oncology, chemo/immuno and radio therapy treatments • Traumatic brain injury • Spinal cord injury • Cauda equina • Polytrauma • Amputation • Palliative care and end-of-life care • Long-term conditions and chronic illness (multi organ failure, lung disease, dementia, diabetes, asthma, coronary care, renal disease/dialysis and COPD) • Life-limiting illness • Ostomies • Mesh surgery injury • Neurological conditions • Psycholo...

Neonatal hypoglycaemia • Pre-eclampsia • Wrongful birth • Group B strep • Gestational diabetes • Shoulder dystocia and Erb's palsy • Premature birth • Maternal injury • Perineal injury • Hip dysplasia • Intrauterine growth retardation • Stillbirth • Genetic disorders • Maternal injury • Female circumcision

All aspects of midwifery care including: • Low- and high-risk pregnancy, labour and birth • Hospital/community-based care of women/babies • High- and low-risk intrapartum care, including midwifery-led births, antenatal and postnatal care • Hospital and community-based delivery, management and care of women who have had instrumental/Caesarean section birth, including management of perineal trauma, stillbirth and foetal loss cases Prior experience as a Head of Midwifery, Risk and Governance Manager provides competence in complex cases across the entirety of the ma...

Ms Cockshaw accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Care management • Intrapartum care • Postnatal care • Pregnancy

I have 24 years' experience as a midwife working in many roles including management, teaching and all clinical areas - community, caseload, homebirth and high-risk labour and delivery. I completed Bond Solon training in 2019 and have been working as an expert ever since, and am confident to take cases for claimant or defendant. I am experienced giving verbal evidence and conference calls with multi-disciplinary teams and other experts. I have completed approximately 100 reports, currently on a 70/30 split (claimant/defendant). Experienced in conference calls and joint expert statements....

All areas of midwifery: inpatient, outpatient, community, low-risk, high-risk, home births, midwife-led units, obstetric-led/shared care, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care • Neonatal care for the first 28 days of life CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon) Certified Expert Witness

Midwifery • Antenatal care • Intrapartum & labour care • Postnatal care • High-risk obstetrics & midwifery • I have particular expertise in cerebral palsy cases & shoulder dystocia

Expert witness since 2023, instructed on over 60 cases with an equal claimant/defendant split • Experienced in full CPR 35-compliant reports, short form opinions and Early Notification Scheme reviews • Prepared reports for civil proceedings and regulatory cases including fitness to practise investigations • Experience also extends to Scottish, Welsh and Irish jurisdictions • Has provided oral evidence at inquest and is confident in giving evidence under cross-examination

A part-time practising midwife working at a busy consultant-led maternity unit. I work as part of a multidisciplinary teaching faculty for the Trust provision of monthly maternity essential training days. I am a national Newborn Life Support (NLS) Instructor accredited by the Resuscitation Council (UK). I hold current registration/revalidation with the NMC. I am a fully accredited member of the Academy of Experts since 2012 (MAE), including professional indemnity insurance, and of the Expert Witness Institute since October 2015 (MEWI). I have completed the Cardiff University Civil Expe...