I am able to provide a comprehensive medico-legal service for instructions relating to hand injuries, hand fractures, soft tissue injuries, trauma, wounds, tendon and nerve injuries, amputations, complex reconstructions and microsurgery. This includes dealing with injuries in children and adults, personal injury, industrial accidents and work-related claims, road traffic accidents and sports injuries. I can offer specialist assessments in hand function, quality of life impact, prognosis and recommendations...

Personal injury, predominantly in the field of rheumatological disease, whiplash & related injuries • Medical negligence in relation to rheumatological disease • Expert evidence with regard to patents on rheumatological medications

I have worked in an expert witness practice since the mid-1990s, initially on a part-time basis, in the area of noise and vibration, with a focus on occupational injuries such as NIHL, tinnitus, RSI, VWF and CTS. This involved site inspections, testing, computational analysis and report preparation. In 2016, the practice became a limited company and I became a full-time Director and Principal Consultant. I have since provided the courts with over 300 single joint expert witness reports, mainly in NIHL cases.

I have a sub-specialist interest in hand and wrist practice, treating hand injuries and the consequences of hand, wrist and upper limb trauma following both operative and non-operative care. I also specialise in nerve injury, nerve compression, tendinopathy and degenerative conditions of the hand and wrist in both children and adults. I regularly operate and manage general trauma covering both upper and lower limb cases.

Aesthetic surgery Breast augmentation • Breast uplift mastopexy • Breast reduction • Breast asymmetry correction • Abdominoplasty, lipoabdominoplasty, Fleur-de-lis abdominoplasty • Blepharoplasty - eyelid rejuvenation • Facelift, necklift, browlift • Rhinoplasty, alarplasty • Liposuction • Post-weightloss body contouring • Brachiaplasty (arm lift) • Thigh lift • Pinnaplasty - prominent ear correction • Earlobe repair/correction • Lip lift • Labiaplasty • Gynaecomastia surgery Hand surgery Carpal tunnel syndrome • Dupuytren’s disease • Thumb...

Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma experience since 1995 • Special interest in upper limb pathology, especially shoulder conditions • Member of British Elbow & Shoulder Society • Member of British Orthopaedic Association • Regular medico-legal course attendances • Cardiff University-Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate 2018 • Clinics in London, Suffolk & Norfolk • Mediation courses 2020-22

Occupational health & safety • Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) • Noise surveys • Ergonomics & manual handling • Slipping accident investigation • Ladders & scaffolding • Cranes & lifting equipment • Play areas & equipment • Machine tools • Workshops • Machine guarding • Bearings • Consumer product defects • Consumer product safety • CE marking & product compliance • Helmets • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Laser safety • Non-ionising radiation • Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) & electromagnetic interference (EMI)

Diagnosis & management of rheumatic disorders, including inflammatory arthritis, connective tissue diseases, soft-tissue rheumatic disorders & occupation-related musculoskeletal symptoms & disorders • Bone disease, including osteoporosis & muscle diseases • Trauma-related rheumatic problems (including whiplash) • Matters relating to anti-rheumatic drugs, including DMARD, NSAID, corticosteroids & immunosuppressive drugs • Spinal pain • Chronic pain syndromes & fibromyalgia • CRPS • Medical/clinical negligence

Hand surgery • Plastic surgery • Cosmetic surgery

Mr Muir’s NHS and private clinical practices are devoted to all aspects of hand surgery, both elective and trauma. He is able to accept instructions from both claimant and defendant solicitors on all aspects of the above, including wrist fractures, finger fractures, soft tissue injuries of the hand and wrist (including tendons) and all aspects of elective surgery. He is able to accept instructions in respect of personal injury and of negligence claims. Mr Muir is active in teaching and research.