IME

Ghostwriting occurs when the expert relies on another person to prepare all or part of their report. There are different ways this could happen, one scenario could be where a medical expert receives a large volume of medical and rehabilitation records prior to an assessment and, due to a busy clinical practice, does not have time to review and summarize all the records. This review would then be undertaken by someone other than the medical expert whose name is ultimately in the report and who might one day be required to defend the report in Court. This is problematic because the review and summary of these medical records can be used by defence experts to argue that a Plaintiff has been inconsistent in reporting their symptoms.