Somek & Associates: Leading Expert Witness Consultancy

Somek & Associates (S&A) is an Expert Witness Consultancy and has been proudly serving the legal profession, both Defendants and Claimants, for over 25 years. As one of the largest providers of expert witnesses in the UK, S&A delivers highly professional trained experts in a range of health professions: Occupational Therapy, Care experts, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Nursing, Midwifery, and other key health professions. All of our experts continue to practice clinically in the area in which they profess to be an expert.

Jessica Thurston, Managing Director, is a highly experienced Occupational Therapy & Care Expert Witness, and Elias Omar, Head of Medico-Legal Operations, has a background as a Personal Injury Solicitor. These individual, but complimentary skill sets of both expert and lawyer, means that S&A is best placed to ensure the needs of experts and solicitors are met.

The organisation is synonymous for acting with integrity, independence, and professionalism, and works predominantly on complex multi-track cases. S&A has, since its inception, strongly believed in the importance of a balanced portfolio of instructions for the company and for its individual experts, all of whom accept instructions from Claimant and Defendant Solicitors and Insurers.

S&A is a corporate partner of the Expert Witness Institute (EWI) who recognise our discerning and robust expert recruitment process. In the words of Sir Martin Spencer, Chair of the EWI: “Somek pride themselves on robust processes for appointing and developing new Experts and this was extremely evident when we undertook their assessment. They invest heavily in providing an exceptional package of training and support for Experts developing their practice and we are excited to work with an organisation that places such an emphasis on this important role.”

All S&A expert witnesses are fully trained in and cognisant of the Civil Procedure Rules (and other relevant rules/jurisdictions). Our experts participate regularly in Continuing Professional Development as both expert witnesses and clinicians. Relevant case law/ judgements involving experts are reviewed carefully by senior experts with key findings and implications for practice relayed to experts in a timely manner. All reports are quality assured before submission to clients, thereby giving solicitors the confidence that the instructions will have been fulfilled and the reports submitted are of a high quality and consistent standard.

The primary mission of S&A is to ensure that:

•             Courts have the best expert evidence with which to deal with cases justly;

•             Lawyers litigating cases have supreme confidence in their decisions based on S&A’s quality expert input.

We have specialist teams dedicated to every part of the cases’ life cycle. Many of our staff are expert witnesses and practising clinicians, meaning there is always someone available to assist the solicitor in identifying the correct expert for the case. We aim to make the instruction process as easy as possible for solicitors, with clear lines of communication and up-front reasonable and proportionate fee estimates. Furthermore, we can provide detailed fee guidance and monitoring as required.

We continue to receive great feedback and testimony on our experts and our fully managed service, and believe if you place instructions through S&A you will not be disappointed with the results. 

"I have been using the services of Somek & Associates now for quite a few years and will continue to do so, because the experts instructed are very efficient and well-measured in medicolegal reporting and the administration team from instruction to completion are first class. Long may that continue…” [Claimant Solicitor]

“This outcome would not have been possible without the sterling and insightful guidance and recommendations from the experts at Somek.  It is always a pleasure and a privilege working with people who know what they are doing.  I remain, as ever, very much obliged for your assistance and willingness to guide and look forward to working with Somek again in the future.” [Defendant Solicitor]

If you have a case enquiry, or a query you wish to discuss, please contact us via;

Phone: 01494 792711

Email: admin@somek.com