A trial judge's assessment of competing medical evidence on whether ongoing pain is organically based or the product of psychological overlay is a factual finding that will not be disturbed on appeal unless plainly wrong. Where a plaintiff puts their case on the basis of one specialist's opinion (here, central sensitisation), the trial judge is entitled to reject that opinion where it is based on clinical findings not noted by any other examiner and is not supported by the weight of medical evidence. The appellant cannot complain on appeal that the trial judge responded to the forensic choice made at trial.
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