Michael is a dual qualified doctor and lawyer, with over 20 years’ medico-legal experience. Having practiced as a GP, Michael requalified as a lawyer in New South Wales, where he regularly acted in personal injury and clinical negligence cases, disciplinary matters and cases involving defective medical devices. Michael worked for the Medical Defence Union and Marketform as a Senior Medical Claims Handler where he was responsible for a variety of complex and high value claims.

Admitted to practise as a solicitor in NSW, England & Wales and a registered medical practitioner with the NSW Medical Board and GMC, Michael has been advising and supporting Incision members since January 2015.

Anahita qualified in Medicine from Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital having also obtained an intercalated BSc in Psychology. She trained in Psychiatry on the Southeast London rotation based at Guy’s Hospital up to Registrar level before moving into the area of Medico-legal work.

Anahita has been advising and assisting doctors with legal aspects of their clinical work for over 20 years and joined the Incision team in January 2020. She has also trained doctors in medico-legal work.

Ronnie is a dual qualified medical doctor and lawyer. He read Medicine at The University of Manchester and completed clinical rotations at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, as well as in general practice and clinical research. He then studied Law and qualified as a solicitor, working exclusively in the field of medical malpractice. As well as representing both claimants and defendants at large national law firms, Dr Ronnie held positions at Medical Protection, managing claims on behalf of members in the UK and South Africa. He also ran the medico-legal helpline for Incision members at DWF Claims before joining Incision Support. Passionate about education and ongoing development, Dr Ronnie has obtained an LLM Master of Laws in Medical Law and has prepared training webinars, articles and case studies. As of 2024, Ronnie has additionally completed his CII’s Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Insurance, and was awarded the Insurance Institute of Manchester’s Jubilee Prize for achieving the best results in the Certificate in Insurance in 2023. Ronnie was also awarded the CII’s Sedgwick International UK Prize for excellent performance in units IF1 and IF4 of the Certificate in Insurance during the 2023 examination year.

Alex joined Paragon as a Trainee Claims Technician in 2010. Spending the first couple of years learning the trade, Alex gained valuable experience in a range of specialisms, including Healthcare, Lawyers Professional Liability and Architects & Engineers Professional Liability.

Promoted to Claims Account Executive in 2013, Alex began to focus on the medical world and in 2015 took the lead role in Healthcare Claims at Paragon. Over the past six years, Alex has developed relationships with insurers in the London market and with solicitor firms that specialise in the defence of medical malpractice claims. This has helped to ensure that clients secure the best possible representation when necessary.

Elizabeth joined Paragon International Insurance Brokers Ltd in February 2017 as a Claims Account Executive. As a qualified Solicitor, Elizabeth has 17 years of claims handling experience. Given Elizabeth’s experience, she handles Paragon’s portfolio of US General Liability accounts, as well as UK Professional Liability and Healthcare accounts, providing valuable assistance to clients in the advocacy of claims and coverage disputes.

Alec joined Paragon in 2019 having graduated with a First in International Relations from De Montfort University. Initially providing a supporting role to the Senior Claims Account Executives, Alec has since taken ownership of the new Plastic & Aesthetic cases while also having responsibility for much of the claims administrative function. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic so early in his career, Alec has managed to build relationships with our insurer and solicitor partners to help ensure that our clients have the best representation when required.

After reading Law at Cambridge, Joanne was called to the Bar in 2003 and her work in pupillage included many clinical negligence and high-value personal injury cases. She re-qualified as a solicitor in 2006, and since then has regularly defended clinical negligence claims and has excellent experience in resolving claims through the pre-action protocol, alternative dispute resolutions and through the courts.

Joanne always aims to understand whether a claim may affect the clinician’s professional reputation and takes pride in guiding clients who are unfamiliar with the legal process.

Tracy Sell-Peters and her team provide legal assistance, support, and risk management materials for Incision Indemnity.