Circle Case Management

01/05/2026

We’re incredibly proud to share that Circle Case Management has been named a finalist in the Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards 🎉
These prestigious, UK-wide awards celebrate innovation, impact, and excellence across the entire occupational therapy sector—and we’re honoured to be recognised alongside so many inspiring professionals and services.
A special congratulations to our outstanding finalists:
✨ Maria Morris – Excellence in Rehab and Reablement
✨ Nicky Ryder – Excellence in Adult Practice
✨ Rae Muscat – Excellence in Community Services
✨ Caroline Lewis – Excellence in Training
✨ Yvonne Spijkerman – Expert Witness
This recognition reflects the dedication, expertise, and passion our team brings to improving lives every day. We couldn’t be prouder of what you all achieve.
Wish us luck for the finals! 🤞

30/04/2026

We’re proud to welcome Marian Willingale to Circle Case Management’s award-winning national team.

A vastly experienced Registered Children’s Nurse with over 20 years’ clinical practice, Marian brings senior clinical leadership to complex clinical negligence, personal injury, and Court of Protection cases across Essex and the wider South East.

Her expertise spans safeguarding, neurorehabilitation, acquired brain injury, and high-risk, medico-legal case management — working alongside solicitors, Deputies, insurers, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated, defensible care.

✔️ Complex case management across children, adults & older people
✔️ Specialist in ABI, neurological conditions & complex care needs
✔️ Safeguarding, risk management & crisis intervention expertise
✔️ Proven track record in high-risk, sensitive cases
✔️ Strong MDT coordination & interagency leadership
✔️ Holistic, outcome-focused assessments & care planning

Marian is known for combining clinical excellence with empathy, ensuring clients, families, and legal teams have confidence that care arrangements are safe, appropriate, and built to last.

📍 Covering Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Greater London, Hertfordshire & Surrey

For clinical negligence, personal injury, and Court of Protection solicitors — Marian delivers clarity, stability, and trusted oversight in the most complex cases.

29/04/2026

Eating and swallowing difficulties in dementia are often misunderstood — and in litigation, that misunderstanding matters.

Delays in recognising dysphagia, poor risk management, and inadequate care planning can lead to aspiration, malnutrition, and avoidable harm — issues frequently seen in clinical negligence and Court of Protection cases.

In her latest blog, Eirini Tsaroucha-Kerr, Speech and Language Therapist and Case Manager, breaks down the neurological reasons behind feeding difficulties in dementia — and, critically, what safe, effective support should look like.

✔️ Why swallowing changes are neurological — not behavioural
✔️ The real risks: aspiration, choking, and silent deterioration
✔️ Practical, evidence-based strategies to support safer eating
✔️ When specialist SALT input is essential

For solicitors, this insight is key to understanding breach, causation, and long-term care needs in complex cases involving vulnerable clients.

Eirini combines specialist SALT expertise with case management oversight — supporting high-risk clients, guiding care teams, and ensuring defensible, clinically robust care packages.
Based in Merseyside, Eirini is available for instruction across the region

Read the blog:
www.circlecasemanagement.com/news/article/feeding-and-supporting-people-with-dementia

To request Eirini’s CV or discuss your Case Management requirements please email casemanagement@circlecm.com or call 01297 24145

28/04/2026

RAE MUSCAT – CASE MANAGER - DEVON / CORNWALL
Supporting Complex Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury & Court of Protection Cases

Rae Muscat is an experienced Occupational Therapist and Case Manager specialising in complex, life-changing injury cases across Devon and Cornwall.

With a background spanning NHS, local authority, charity, and private sectors, Rae brings a holistic, client-centred approach to rehabilitation, care planning, and case management.

Why instruct Rae?
✔️ Expert in complex conditions
Neurological disorders, acquired brain injury, mental illness, amputation & trauma

✔️ Bespoke care & rehabilitation
Individually tailored packages focused on independence, function, and quality of life

✔️ Insight-led recruitment & team management
Proven ability to build, supervise, and retain cohesive care teams — reducing risk, turnover, and cost

✔️ Continuity & oversight
From initial assessment through to long-term case management

✔️ Trusted by solicitors & Deputies
Delivers robust, proportionate, and defensible care arrangements

✔️ Clear communication
Translates complex clinical needs into practical, legally relevant insight

Delivering better outcomes for clients, families, and legal teams.
Available for instruction across Devon & Cornwall.
To request Rae's C.V or to arrange a free meet & greet email
casemanagement@circlecm.com or call 01297 24145

24/04/2026

When capacity is in question, clarity is critical.

For solicitors managing Court of Protection, clinical negligence, and complex care matters, timely, robust, and defensible assessments are essential to progressing cases and protecting vulnerable individuals.

At Circle Case Management, our Mental Capacity Assessment and Social Work Services teams operate across England and Wales — delivering expert, compliant, and court-ready reporting.

✔️ Mental Capacity Assessments (MCA)
✔️ CoP3 reports
✔️ LPA assessments
✔️ Retrospective capacity assessments
✔️ Best Interest decisions
✔️ Care Act assessments & reports
✔️ Deputy welfare visits
✔️ Comprehensive social work evaluations

Our experienced clinicians and social workers provide clear, legally robust opinions, supporting solicitors, Deputies, and the Court with confidence and consistency.

📍 Nationwide coverage across England & Wales
📩 MCA@circlecm.com | SW@circlecm.com
🌐 www.circlecasemanagement.com

In complex cases, the right assessment makes all the difference.

23/04/2026

When every detail matters, the right expert makes all the difference.
At Circle Case Management, our panel of highly experienced Midwife and Obstetrics Expert Witnesses provides clear, evidence-based insight to support medical negligence, clinical negligence, and personal injury cases.
Emma Twine, Ruth Lovelady and Katie Bettle's expertise spans complex birth trauma claims, including HIE, cerebral palsy, and Erb’s palsy, as well as maternal injury cases such as undiagnosed tears (OASI), haemorrhage, and sepsis management. We provide detailed analysis in matters involving failure to escalate during high-risk labour, and antenatal care concerns such as missed growth restriction or pre-eclampsia.
We also assess safeguarding and mental health considerations for vulnerable mothers, alongside clinical negligence in trauma-informed care, including the evaluation of midwifery management in cases involving prior sexual trauma.
From liability reports to court-ready expertise, we bring clarity, credibility, and confidence to every case.
To discuss your Expert Witness needs please email expert@circlecm.com

22/04/2026

We’re pleased to announce the expansion of our Expert Witness services into Northern Ireland.

With two locally based Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists now in place, alongside our experienced Nursing, Midwifery and Vocational experts (available for desktop assessments), we’re able to offer even greater accessibility, responsiveness and regional insight for instructing solicitors.

We support a wide range of cases including clinical negligence, medical negligence, personal injury, employment, education, and family law matters—providing clear, robust and court-ready reports.

If you’re a solicitor in Northern Ireland looking for reliable expert evidence, our new blog explains how we can support your cases.

www.circlecasemanagement.com/news/article/expert-witness-services-in-northern-ireland

Circle Case Management is pleased to announce the continued expansion of our Expert Witness services across Northern Ireland. With the addition of highly experienced Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) and Occupational Therapists (OTs) based locally, we are strengthening our ability to provide ti...

20/04/2026

How Does Women's Health Derail Careers?

Maria Morris, Vocational Expert, shares valuable insights in the latest video of Circle Case Management’s series “Her Body. Her Life. Her Claim.”

In this episode, Maria delves into how health issues unique to women can profoundly impact their career trajectories, leading to complex medico-legal claims. From clinical negligence to employment disputes, divorce, family law, and personal injury cases—this conversation is crucial for solicitors navigating the intersection of women’s health and legal outcomes.

Key Takeaways:
The impact of chronic health conditions on career progression
Addressing gender-specific medical conditions in legal claims
Practical insights for solicitors in clinical negligence, family, and employment law

Watch the full video and gain expert perspectives on how women's health affects their careers and legal rights. Don't miss out on this essential content!

17/04/2026

Eating and swallowing difficulties in dementia are often misunderstood — and in litigation, that misunderstanding matters.

Delays in recognising dysphagia, poor risk management, and inadequate care planning can lead to aspiration, malnutrition, and avoidable harm — issues frequently seen in clinical negligence and Court of Protection cases.

In her latest blog, Eirini Tsaroucha-Kerr, Speech and Language Therapist and Case Manager, breaks down the neurological reasons behind feeding difficulties in dementia — and, critically, what safe, effective support should look like.

✔️ Why swallowing changes are neurological — not behavioural
✔️ The real risks: aspiration, choking, and silent deterioration
✔️ Practical, evidence-based strategies to support safer eating
✔️ When specialist SALT input is essential

For solicitors, this insight is key to understanding breach, causation, and long-term care needs in complex cases involving vulnerable clients.

Eirini combines specialist SALT expertise with case management oversight — supporting high-risk clients, guiding care teams, and ensuring defensible, clinically robust care packages.
Based in Merseyside, Eirini is available for instruction across the region

Read the blog:
www.circlecasemanagement.com/news/article/feeding-and-supporting-people-with-dementia

To request Eirini’s CV or discuss your Case Management requirements please email casemanagement@circlecm.com or call 01297 24145

Dementia is an umbrella term describing several neurological diseases that affect the brain in different ways. Conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia can all affect behaviour, communication, and swallowing.

15/04/2026

Women’s voices are finally being placed at the centre of healthcare policy — but for many, this comes far too late.

Delayed diagnoses. Dismissed pain. Compromised consent.

These aren’t isolated failures — they are patterns that clinical negligence professionals see every day.

Our latest video for Her Body. Her Life. Her Claim. explores the renewed Women’s Health Strategy and what it means in practice:

✔️ Patient feedback influencing NHS funding and accountability

✔️ Streamlined pathways for faster diagnosis of conditions like endometriosis & fibroids

✔️ New standards for pain relief in invasive procedures

✔️ Greater investment in research, education, and femtech innovation

✔️ A system-wide focus on reducing inequalities in women’s healthcare

But policy alone doesn’t deliver justice.

This series brings together expert insight from clinicians and assessors working across clinical negligence and Court of Protection — highlighting what happens when women are not heard, not believed, and not properly assessed.

For solicitors working in clinical negligence, medical negligence, and personal injury — understanding the real-world impact on function, autonomy, and capacity is critical.

Because justice doesn’t begin after harm.

It begins with listening.

More insights from our Expert Witness Team coming soon.

To discuss your Expert Witness requirements please email expert@circlecm.com or call 0129724145