2023-11-06 Additional information for complaints about Potts and Pryde brain scan

This is an email I have sent to OLSC with additional information about my complaint. More about what learned while writing complaints: Writing a complaint to Office of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner

Email to OLSC

Dear OLSC,

I wrote complaints about Ken Pryde CAS013866 and Gillian Potts CAS012565. I want to add some information that recently became available.

Several years ago I was suggested to check about potential physical brain damage during road traffic injury. Unfortunately I have mentioned it to Ken Pryde and Gillian Potts. They have been very critical about it and put pressure not to do so. Pryde was exceptionally rude about it, comparing that his old car has better chance to evaporate than me having any brain damage or finding any trace of it ("2023-07-17 Further details of complaint about barrister Ken Pryde.pdf" page 4, item 13). Potts complimented that Pryde had a skill to explain it in a very impactful way and confirmed that seeking treatment advice from neurologist would damage my claim significantly ("Complaint Gillian Potts.pdf" page 8, item 22).

I was not aware of other significance of these comments by then other than just being nasty and dragging time during the meetings. The impact by Pryde and Potts was so strong that I did not dare to do anything till my claim was coming to the end.

I got strong encouragement from the psychologists who mentioned that they have seen people after similar injuries and it would be wise to check for potential brain injury even if it has been already 8 years. However, I saw a neurologist a few months ago (there is a long waiting time) and had a brain MRI scan. The comment from the report "A few scattered cerebral microhemorrhages bilaterally within both anterior temporal poles and non-specific but could represent the sequelae of trauma given the provided clinical history.". I had no other brain injuries or any other type of problems that could affect my brain. However, being hit by a car was such a violent impact that I am still puzzled that I stayed alive. That is one time when you can say that a helmet has saved my life.

I still do not know what impact it will have on my treatment, I am still to see a neurologist after the scan. However, I am convinced that it would have helped my personal injury claim a lot. It is too late now. The fear that they have instilled in me still has an effect. I have had this report for 2 months and it took me several days to write this email. I get overwhelmed by fear that sending this report will have some negative effect.

I am attaching a brain MRI scan report: 2023-09-14 brain scan.pdf.

I also have new information on how their inaccurately written statement negatively affected the PIC assessment process and damages determination, but I still have to process that information myself.

Kind regards,

Dr. Alfonsas Stonis