MITCHAM VETERINARY CLINIC

Duncan Davidson BVMS, MRCVS

CV – Legal & Media

I am Duncan Leslie Davidson, Veterinary Surgeon, of Mitcham Veterinary Clinic, 4, Upper Green East, Mitcham, Surrey. I am a graduate of Glasgow University Veterinary School (1975) and a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. I have been working as a general practitioner in mainly small-animal practice since my graduation.

I have been principal of Mitcham Veterinary Clinic since its foundation in 1985. This is a busy first opinion general veterinary practice in a London suburb, and an approved training and assessment centre for veterinary nurses, in which I still consult more or less full-time. I also run a behavioural clinic and take referrals from other veterinary surgeons for the veterinary treatment and modification of behaviour problems, in particular aggressive behaviour, in all domestic species. I have travelled extensively throughout Europe and America, attending many professional and academic congresses, international and local dog shows, animal welfare centres, animal holding facilities operated by police and local authorities, sanctuaries for wild and domestic animals, dog training facilities, and private breeding kennels, gaining expert knowledge and experience of wild and domestic carnivores, including dogs, wolves and wolf-dog hybrids.

For the past twenty years, I have also frequently undertaken forensic veterinary medical and surgical cases at the request of the RSPCA, various police forces throughout the UK, government bodies including the Home Office, numerous local authorities, and many solicitors and barristers. As an expert or professional witness, I have given written and oral evidence to courts at all levels including Magistrates Courts, Crown Courts, County Courts and the High Court on matters of animal welfare, cruelty, injuries sustained to animals, injuries sustained by humans from animals, dangerous animals, and all aspects of veterinary medicine, surgery and pathology, including forensic veterinary medicine and pathology, and behavioural forensics.

I am the Official Veterinary Surgeon appointed by my own local authority, the London Borough of Merton, for all matters involving Environmental and Public Health, and also advise many other local authorities throughout the UK on an occasional basis on similar aspects.

I am a frequent contributor to the cat and dog press, to the specialised veterinary press, and to local and national media on all aspects of cat and dog care, veterinary matters, and behavioural topics.

I am a member of the British Veterinary Association, a Regional Office-Bearer of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, and a founder member and Director of the London Veterinary Forum. For many years I have been involved in showing and occasional breeding of pedigree dogs and cats, and I am honorary Vice-President of the Somali Cat Club, affiliated to the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy. I have on numerous occasions acted as Honorary Veterinary Surgeon at affiliated cat and dog shows throughout the UK.

I am a founder member of the Veterinary Association for Arbitration and Jurisprudence, and a member of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, and am recognized as an expert by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. I have undertaken a recognized training course provided for medical and other experts by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers on Single Joint Expert protocol and Lord Woolf’s reforms to the Civil Law system. I have been instructed on several occasions as a SJE in civil cases concerning personal injury caused by animals, and in other veterinary matters.

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Last revised 12 June 2003