Company / individual name

Name
Mr Antony M. Visocchi
Occupation
Dentist

Address information

Company
Address 1
1 Harestone Cottages
Address 2
Crathes
Address 3
City
Banchory
Post code
AB31 5QN

Contact information

Work Phone
07866157909
Mobile
07866157909
Email
antony.visocchi@btopenworld.com
Web
dentalexpertwitness.co.uk

Expert profile

Summary
Mr Antony Visocchi has over 25 years of experience in general dental practice and worked for over 10 years as an independent dental expert witness. He currently is the Director of Dentistry for NHS Shetland and has held roles within the NHS as Dental Practice Adviser and Dental Practice Inspector.

Mr Visocchi's area of expertise is general dental practice. He has been a qualified dentist since July 1966 and has worked in both hospital and general practice clinical environments. He has worked in general dental practice since 1997 and was principal of his own practice for 15 years. Mr Visocchi has built up significant knowledge and experience in all matters relating to dental practice and has been providing independent dental expert witness advice since 2013. In that time, he has worked with the General Dental Council, dental indemnity providers and numerous medical negligence solicitors.

He was awarded the Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate from the Cardiff University Law School. Mr. Visocchi is a full Member of the Expert Witness Institute He can act as an expert witness, including the preparation of medico legal reports and appearing in court, in personal injury and medical negligence cases relating to all aspects of general dental practice including oral and maxillofacial.

Mr Visocchi can accept instructions on behalf of either defence or prosecution or as a Single Joint Expert. He is fully aware of the Jackson Reforms and familiar with Civil Procedures Rules Part 35 and Practice Direction (PD35). All cases are assessed, free of charge, in order to establish suitability, conflict of interest and estimated costs and initial assessments responded to within 7 days. He has completed in excess of 300 reports and has given evidence in court and professional hearings.

Specialist areas of work

Area
dentistry

Experience of

The following
Acting for claimant
Acting for defendant
Clinical negligence
Giving evidence in court
Personal injury
Professional regulatory

Qualified to undertake alternative dispute resolution

Arbitration
No
Conciliation
No
Expert determination
No
Mediation
No
Adjudication
No

 





 

Types of work

Number of new instructions per year
120
Number of times giving evidence in the last three years
4
Number of reports in the last three years
150

Trained

Single joint expert
Yes
Report writing
Yes
Giving evidence in court
Yes

Geographical areas of work

Regions Worked
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Additional languages spoken

Languages

Professional qualifications and accredited experience

QualificationsQualification year
BDS Glasgow 1996
MFDS RCS Ed 2011
MFDS RCS Eng 2011
Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Witness Certificate2016
FDS RCPS Glas 2018
PG Cert. Med. Law 2019
AFHEA 2020
FFGDP(UK) 2020
FGCDent 2020
PG Dip.Med.Law 2020
Master of Laws (LLM) Medical Law and Ethics - University of Northumbria2021

Membership of other professional bodies

OrganisationType of membership
BDA British Dental AssociationMember
EWI Expert Witness InstituteIndividual Member

Other offices offering expert services

Location

Experts in branch

Contact name
Antony Visocchi