Mr Michael Cass MBBS FRCS FRCS(Trauma & Orthopaedics)
Consultant Spinal Surgeon
Mr Michael Cass has had a busy clinical practice in all aspects of spinal surgery, excluding operative treatment of paediatric deformity. He has particular interests in back and neck pain, non-fusion treatment of degeneration and spinal trauma.
He is now in the early process of winding his practice down and has stepped back from open surgery but continues to offer daycare procedures and comprehensive clinic consultations and assessments.
Mr Cass has undertaken medico-legal work for 18 years and currently produces around 15 reports a year in personal injury, accidental trauma and clinical negligence, including complex cases.
His current ratio of instruction is approximately 40% litigant, 40% defendant and 10% joint report. In the past 7 years, he has been to court once (High Court of England) and given evidence in chief and under cross-examination (acting for defendant). Mr Cass has regularly presented evidence in Coroner's Court on behalf of his NHS Trust.
The majority of his reports concern spinal injury, neck and back pain, and discal injury but he is now focussing more on clinical negligence work and provides thorough, in-depth reports.
Mr Cass can typically see a patient for assessment within 3 months of confirmation of instruction and a draft report is usually completed and returned (unless records and imaging need to be sourced) within six weeks of the consultation.
Pre-Action & Causation reports can often be arranged within 2 months.
Mr Cass can see patients in Brighton & Hove. He does not standardly undertake domestic visits or consultations except in extenuating circumstance.
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