ABSTRACT
The neuropsychologist with experience of the assessment and management of head-injured patients has a unique and important role to play in the process of litigation over compensation awards. Neuropsychologists have, rightly, been playing an ever-increasing role in the process of arriving at a fair and balanced view of the individual's needs for the purposes of settling financial compensation. An over-emphasis on the nature of structural brain damage may well leave the psychologist involved open to difficulties over admissibility. The possibility of simulated disability following severe head injury has not been extensively discussed in the literature although there has been considerable controversy over the mildly head-injured. Many neuropsychologists have come across fairly clear instances of faking, and the question of how it may be detected merits consideration. The individual appearing in court should also be aware of the various techniques which may be used to test out the witness and to entice them to make unwise statements.
