We provide expert medical opinions to courts, inquiries, and the media. We operate at the nexus of medical and legal matters: writing expert statements, explaining medical evidence in court, and ‘demystifying’ complex medico-legal matters. Our statements will address the elements of the case specifically in a way that is both comprehensive and easily understood.
Lucid Legal Medicine
Complex Made Clear
Improve your legal case, mitigate corporate risk, or better understand complex medical matters
with medico-legal consulting services from Lucid Legal Medicine
Expert medico-legal reports for court, advice and your understanding
We know that deciphering complex medical information for a legal, corporate, or personal matter can be downright challenging. Maybe you are a legal professional presented with medical reports in a high-stakes case, and you need professional advice or a definitive medical opinion. Maybe you need to understand a toxicology or injury report. Or maybe you are a journalist reporting a dangerous drug or health trend, but you need medical expertise to explain it in plain English. Maybe you are a corporation requiring advice on occupational drug screening by a qualified Medical Review Officer (MRO).
The fact is, many non-medical professionals who rely on medical information for a legal purpose do not have the formal training, clinical skills, or necessary experience needed to properly understand it, let alone use it to achieve a desired outcome.
This means you face missed opportunities to put forward an optimal case: you or your client do not get the justice they deserve, or your matter is simply left unresolved.
None of these outcomes are desirable. The question is, what can you do instead?
Here’s why legal teams, news outlets, organisations, and individuals trust our expert medical opinions
At Lucid Legal Medicine, we provide medico-legal reports, opinions and other consulting services to legal teams, doctors, insurance companies, the media, other professionals, and members of the general public across Australia. We have provided expert statements in Criminal, Coronial, Civil and Family courts, and our work is robustly peer reviewed.
This means we will help you (or your audience, or your courtroom) understand a complex medical report or situation, so you get a better outcome for your legal, personal, or corporate medico-legal matter.
We are Senior Forensic Physicians with decades of experience. We have provided professional reports in thousands of medico-legal cases, given expert evidence across various courts and so have the knowledge and experience to help you too.
Request your free 10-minute case assessment over the phone to find out how we can help.
An Experienced Team Of Senior Forensic Physicians At Your Service
We’re passionate forensic physicians with decades of experience making complex medical concepts easy to understand.
Dr Gary Hall
Senior Forensic Physician
Senior Partner
MBBS (UQ), M Forens Med (Monash), FFCFM (RCPA), FACLM
Dr Gary Hall has been a medical practitioner for 40 years, and a Forensic Physician for 14 years. His clinical practice has seen him managing complex patients in Emergency Departments (public and private), General Practice, providing occupational health screening and advice, providing remote management of those in police custody across Queensland and care and evidence collection from those reporting sexual assault. His thorough and clearly written medicolegal reports are valued in the criminal courts, while his caring and comprehensive reports for coronial cases are valued by the coroners and family members alike. Dr Hall has a patient-centered and caring approach to medicine, a talent for clear communication in writing and in person and forensic and medical qualifications that court respects.
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Dr Katherine Robinson
Senior Partner
MBBS (UQ), MSc (UF), M Forens Med (Monash), FACLM
Dr Katherine Robinson has been a medical practitioner for 28 years, and a Forensic Physician for 10 years. Dr Robinson has a broad experience in medicine, from working in pathology laboratories to managing complex patients in private hospital Intensive Care. Dr Robinson has a special interest in clinical toxicology, being awarded a Master’s degree in Clinical Toxicology from the University of Florida. The breadth of her knowledge extends across drug complications, illicit drugs and drug screening. Coupled with her experience in delivering care to those reporting sexual assault, her toxicology qualification places her in a unique position to report and analyze drug facilitation (drug spiking cases).
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Dr Adam Griffin
Senior Partner
MBBS (UQ), M Forens Med (Monash), FFCFM (RCPA), FACLM
Dr Adam Griffin has been a medical practitioner for 28 years, Forensic Physician for 14 years and Statewide Director of Queensland’s Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit for 10 years. A council member of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine since 2009, Dr Griffin has been President of the College since 2019. He has provided regular education sessions to medical students, magistrates, police, lawyers and the coroner’s court. He has delivered care and completed reports across the spectrum of clinical forensic medicine, particularly injury interpretation, forensic toxicology, healthcare related death, death in care reporting and sexual assault (offender and survivor examinations).
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How We’re Different
We have extensive formal training and experience
We are medical professionals and forensic experts with extensive knowledge and experience in medico-legal matters. We have provided reports in thousands of criminal and coronial cases.
We provide a rapid response that is immediately useful
We understand you are busy, and that you need a result or outcome as quickly as possible. We will incorporate this into our delivery process and will provide you with a realistic timeframe during our first consultation.
We analyse the bigger picture, from both a medical and legal perspective
Our approach combines medical expertise, legal acumen, and a commitment to present the most comprehensive assessment possible. This integrated strategy enables us to provide keen practical judgment and unique insights to maximise clarity of case presentation and inform decision-making.
We are versatile clinicians, not single-discipline laboratory scientists
Medical matters and toxicology reports are best explained by clinicians with decades of experience in forensic and clinical medicine. We have extensive experience in the clinical space, within diverse locations such as emergency departments, general practice, intensive care and even watch houses. This broad experience means you get a comprehensive report giving you the best possible outcome.
We are broadly-experienced physicians, not pathologists
Most medico-legal opinions require an analysis of effects on a living human body, not a deceased one. The focus of many legal questions relate to when a person was alive, such as the effects of a drug or of their clinical care. We use our broad experience as clinicians to provide a relevant and prospective clinical opinion particularly for coronial matters.
Our solutions are customised to your desired outcome, and backed by research literature
We understand that each case is unique, and we tailor our services to meet the specific requirements of our clients. This personalised approach ensures that we address the individual needs and concerns of each case effectively. We also use peer-reviewed literature and other research resources to provide weight to our formal opinions and services.
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