Mr Stephen Kite is an expert in podiatric medical matters since 2007, he qualified in 1986 and began practising podiatric medicine in 1987. He is founder of award winning The Stephen Kite Practice, based in Dorset. He has over 25 years of private practice experience and expertise.

His expertise includes matters involving Forensic Gait Analysis, Podiatry Expert Witness, Personal injury (including fully functional orthotics), Medical negligence and Malpractice.

Expert cases- Negligence, NHS Whistleblowing, Malpractice, Personal injury, Health Professions Council hearings and CCTV gait analysis in criminal cases (which involved identifying suspects from CCTV footage for the defence and the prosecution in criminal cases using gait analysis and is one of only a small group of Forensic Podiatrists worldwide who have used this method of identification or elimination of suspects).

He has provided and reviewed evidence for the defence involving The Health & Care Professions Council, (the regulatory body for Podiatrists in the UK), and he has acted as the Expert to National Health Service Health Boards and been asked to assist in cases of NHS whistleblowing allegations.

His expert evidence has been instrumental in some very complex medico-legal  and criminal cases most notably was involved pre trial  in the last of the Hatton Garden suspects to be tried in 2019  and was instrumental in the acquittal of a suspect wrongly accused of serious crimes.

He has been invited to talk about and demonstrate Forensic Podiatry methods on BBC1 TV.

Mr Kite holds certification from Bond Solon in part 35 and the Practice Direction part 35 for the protocol for the instruction of Experts to give evidence in Civil Claims and the Practice Direction on pre-action conduct.

Areas include:

Medical negligence and malpractice.
Insurance.
CCTV Gait analysis.
Medical legal reports and defence and prosecution.
Single joint expert.
Biomechanical examinations and police reports.
Forensic podiatry and foot injuries.
Expert witness reporting.