Mr Stone’s full fees schedule is available on request. Payment is required within 3 months of the date of the report. Where deferred fees are agreed these shall be paid at settlement of the claim or within 12 months of the date of the report, whichever is the sooner.
Please issue a remittance advice note when payment is made by BACS. Cheques should be made payable to CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd. Upon receipt of payment a zero-balance VAT invoice will be issued.
Cancellation of court or tribunal attendance within two weeks shall incur 25%, and within one week 50%, of the fees that would have accrued, plus expenses; the instructing solicitor shall be responsible for payment of cancellation fees.
Mr Stone no longer accepts paper / hard copy bundles. All documents must be provided by email or by electronic download.
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CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd is committed to paperless working. Wherever possible please provide the records bundle in electronic format. CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd is unable to store paper records.
The Director of CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd, Mr Christopher Stone, is the nominated data controller. Data is processed for the purposes of medico-legal expert witness reporting. CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd will only process your information where it is necessary to support the legitimate interests of our business or those with whom we may have shared your information except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require the protection of personal data. Data shall only be shared with instructing solicitors and / or medico-legal agencies who are also GDPR-compliant.
Stored data shall include those details, including health records and images, necessary for the production of a medico-legal report. Data shall be stored in an encrypted format until a request for the data to be deleted has been received from the data subject or the instructing solicitor, or in accordance with Department of Health information retention schedules. Where possible all data shall be encrypted or otherwise anonymised at the time of electronic transfer. The data subject has the right to withdraw consent for storage of their personal information at any time or to lodge a complaint to the company or any relevant supervising authority.
CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd will always respect your privacy and will only use your information for specified and lawful purposes as provided for under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018. We will use and handle your information responsibly and will take all appropriate organisational and technical measures to safeguard your information from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access.
All instructions for reporting in both clinical negligence and personal injury cases can be directed to Mr Stone's Secretary, Tracey.
