Mr MacKellar has been an expert witness for over 4 years. He currently completes Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury and Quantum/Liability reports for both Claimant and Defendant with a balanced ratio between PI and CN cases, relating to both adult and paediatric (aged 12+).

Mr MacKellar is fluent in English, French, Siswati (Swaziland) and German. He has undertaken formal medico-legal training with Bush & Co for both quantum and liability report writing (2022 and 2021).

His specialty area is neurology and neurosurgery following multi trauma.

Mr MacKellar can opine in the following:

• Neurological disorders
• Head injury/blunt force trauma:
  • Headache/migraine
  • Loss of balance/mobility issues
• Electrical and thermal techniques and soft tissue manipulation:
  • Electrical muscle stimulation
  • Muscle denervation
  • Intermittent muscle paralysis
• Stroke and the after effects
• Club foot
• Spinal fractures
• Acute trauma
• Complications following surgery:
  • Foot drop
  • Functional deterioration of extremities (upper and lower)
  • Tingling/numbness
  • Circulation related issues
  • Pressure sores
  • Open wound complications/pain/infection

Mr MacKellar’s availability is 2-4 weeks and has a report turnaround time of 4-6 weeks.