Pain Physician Medico-Legal Expert of the Year 90 LAWYER MONTHLY EXPERT WITNESS AWARDS 2025 Dr. Nick Plunkett MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMANZCA, FFPMRCA | Consultant Pain Physician Sheffield Pain Opinion Ltd. UNITED KINGDOM Dr Nick Plunkett is a highly experienced Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, with a career spanning over two decades in clinical practice and more than 15 years in medico-legal work. Known for his balanced and forensic approach to complex personal injury and clinical negligence cases, he is regularly instructed by both Claimant and Defendant solicitors. Dr Plunkett combines clinical excellence with a deep understanding of legal processes, making him a trusted expert witness in courts across the UK and beyond. Dr Nick Plunkett is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine with over 15 years of experience in medico-legal practice. He is instructed approximately equally for both Claimant and Defendant cases, with a balanced portfolio comprising complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Dr Plunkett is known for his prompt communication and straightforward, approachable style when working with legal professionals. He provides timely reports addressing breach of duty, causation, and condition and prognosis. His clinical expertise spans a wide range of pain conditions, including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), post-spinal surgery pain and disability (including cauda equina syndrome), neuropathic pain, chronic post-surgical pain syndromes, chronic abdominal and pelvic pain, and chronic widespread pain/ fibromyalgia. Pain, although a universally perceived experience, can be disabling when chronic. It is also a complex experience to understand and articulate with regard to aspects of clear relevance to the Court. A biopsychosocial paradigm is invoked to help understand the condition and frame it in the claimant’s context. Such factors are relevant also to matters of causation. My aim is to assist the Court by drawing on the evidence, as well as my experience, to clarify such matters. He consults with Claimants at Parkhead rooms in Sheffield, with occasional appointments in London and Birmingham, and carries out domiciliary visits across the UK. He has prepared reports for courts in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Channel Islands. Dr Plunkett has received formal training in medico-legal matters through numerous courses and educational events and has attended court on three occasions. Dr Nick Plunkett Consultant Pain Physician Sheffield Pain Opinion Limited Parkhead Consultancy, 356 Ecclesall Road South, Sheffield S11 9PU Tel: 0114 2361281 (for appointments) Traceybarker2027@gmail.com
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