Chris Wilson has a wide-ranging and varied medico-legal practice. As an active trauma surgeon, as well as being involved with the surgery of lower limb degenerative disease, he accepts instructions on all types of personal injury cases.

It is important for the lawyer to appreciate that no single surgeon has as large an experience of particular injuries as can be gained from the pooled experience of many orthopaedic specialists which is available in and can be obtained from the orthopaedic research literature, and although, ultimately, it is important to take a particular view and not to sit on the fence, many issues of personal injury are complex and multi-factorial and use of the published research findings can be of immense value in forming a correct expert opinion of a particular case.

Chris Wilson makes free use of the available international literature (in particular the American research findings) which relate to outcome studies, predictions of disability, degrees of impairment, etc., and the medical research literature facilities available at the University Hospital of Wales are as comprehensive as any in the UK.

In addition, he regularly receives instructions in medical negligence cases, and it is his usual practice to request an initial perusal of the case papers before agreeing to act in any particular case.

Having been a keen rugby player for many years, playing for United Hospitals and London University, and having also played squash at representative level, he has built up a substantial sports injury practice since becoming a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. In the medico-legal field this has increasingly involved him in the area of sports injury litigation.

He is happy to have an initial telephone discussion about any case with a solicitor who may be considering instructing him, and does not make any charge for this service. He is also willing to perform a brief perusal of case notes and to provide a preliminary opinion before being formally instructed.

Examinations can normally be performed within a period of eight weeks and a written report provided to the instructing solicitor within six / twelve weeks of formal instructions being received, except in more complex cases, where timing can be discussed.