Dr Terence McLoughlin is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and independent expert witness, providing medico-legal opinion across civil litigation, criminal proceedings and coronial investigations.

His practice encompasses clinical negligence, personal injury, causation, breach of duty, condition and prognosis, and emergency medicine standards of care.

He has completed over 250 independent medico-legal reports since establishing his expert witness practice in 2022 and has successfully completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon (CUBS) Civil Expert Witness Certificate.

His reports are prepared personally and comply with the requirements of Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 and Criminal Procedure Rules Part 19.

Dr McLoughlin has particular expertise in emergency department decision-making, delayed and missed diagnosis, breach of duty, sepsis, traumatic brain injury, concussion, acute neurological deterioration, intoxication-related presentations, and medical causation arising from time-critical emergency care.

He is currently instructed in the largest High Court group litigation concerning Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), preparing independent medico-legal reports addressing condition, prognosis and causation for former professional contact-sports athletes.

Areas of Practice

Clinical Negligence

• Emergency medicine breach of duty.
• Delayed or missed diagnosis.
• Failure to investigate, monitor, escalate or refer.
• Failure to diagnose time-critical illness.
• Sepsis and acute deterioration.
• Medication and prescribing errors.
• Emergency department standards of care.
• Medical causation.

Personal Injury

• Road traffic accidents.
• Workplace accidents.
• Assault and criminal injury.
• Traumatic brain injury.
• Concussion and post-concussion syndrome.
• Polytrauma and major trauma.
• Soft tissue, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal injury.
• Neurological injury.
• Catastrophic injury.
• Medical causation.
• Condition and prognosis.

Criminal Proceedings

• Assault and serious injury.
• Head injury.
• Intoxication.
• Restraint-related collapse.
• Police custody medicine.
• Drink-driving related medical opinion.
• Capacity, vulnerability and fitness-related opinion.
• Medical causation.

Coronial Investigations

• Death following emergency medical presentation.
• Sudden unexpected death.
• Sepsis-related death.
• Emergency department care.
• Acute deterioration.
• Coroners’ reports.
• Inquests.

Specialist Areas

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI).
• Concussion and persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS).
• Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
• Sports-related concussion.
• Long-term neurological, cognitive and functional impairment.
• Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
• Capacity assessments.