Medicolegal work available at:
Phoenix Hospital Chelmsford
UME Health, 17 Harley Street, London
The Foot Health Clinic, Saffron Walden
Mr Ewan Kannegieter
MSc FRCPodS FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
Mr Ewan Kannegieter is a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon with specialist expertise in foot surgery, foot and ankle pathology, foot trauma, post traumatic foot pain, complications following foot surgery and lower limb musculoskeletal injury.
He is a previous National Dean of Podiatric Surgery for the Royal College of Podiatry and currently holds an adjunct academic professor appointment in medical sciences. These roles reflect his wider contribution to education, professional standards and the development of foot surgical practice.
He provides independent medico legal opinion in cases involving breach of duty, causation, condition and prognosis. His expertise includes consent, surgical decision making, risk communication, complications following foot surgery, delayed diagnosis, delayed referral, standards of care and the expected standard of foot surgical practice.
Mr Kannegieter accepts instructions in clinical negligence and personal injury matters, including road traffic accidents, accidents at work, public liability, occupiers’ liability, slip and trip injuries, product liability where involving foot or ankle injury, and injury caused by animals where involving foot or ankle injury. He accepts both claimant and defendant instructions, with his current medico legal work being approximately evenly split between the two.
He is currently undertaking formal medico legal expert witness training through CUBS. He has completed modules in expert report writing, courtroom skills and cross examination, with the civil law component scheduled for completion shortly.
His clinical expertise relevant to medico legal work includes:
Mr Kannegieter undertakes medico legal work within the scope of his professional expertise and in accordance with CPR Part 35 and the expert’s duties to the court.
Medico legal appointments are available at Phoenix Hospital Chelmsford and UME Health, 17 Harley Street, London. He also has a community clinic presence in Saffron Walden at The Foot Health Clinic.
He examines adults aged 18 and over.
