We are an award-nominated, family-run business with over 35 years of experience in the medico-legal industry. We offer bespoke training and a dedicated internal expert liaison team to ensure your instructions run seamlessly.
Benefits include:
Bespoke training
Dedicated support from our expert liaison team
Excellent fee rates reflecting your expertise
We're particularly interested in Nurses and Occupational Therapists with community-based expertise, a good understanding of a patient’s rehabilitation and care package needs and 10+ years of post-qualification experience specialising in:
Brain injury
Spinal cord injury
Polytrauma
Amputees
Paediatric brain and spinal cord injuries
You should be a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and have ten years or more of clinical experience in your specialist area.
Expert witnesses often specialise in the following areas: breach of duty and causation, care needs assessment, equipment and adaptation recommendations, rehabilitation planning, vocational/functional capacity evaluation, and loss of service assessment.
No. An expert witness role is selfemployed and can be managed around employed or other self- employed work.
The primary responsibilities include conducting thorough assessments, writing detailed reports, providing objective, evidence-based opinions, and potentially giving oral evidence in Court. You must provide opinions within your area of expertise and always remain impartial.
Key skills include excellent written and verbal communication, logical reasoning and the ability to defend recommendations and remain calm under cross-examination. You must also be able to express complex ideas clearly and maintain objectivity.
The duration of a case can vary significantly. Some are resolved in months, while others, particularly paediatric cases, can last several years. Expert witnesses must be prepared to commit to a case for its entirety.
Expert witness work often allows for more creative thinking beyond statutory service limitations. It requires high levels of accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to analyse medical evidence. The work is often more varied and challenging than standard clinical roles.
Most cases settle before they reach Court, thus eliminating the need to attend. We provide full training and dedicated support should you have to attend Court.
Experts report on Breach of Duty and will not be required to visit the Claimant.
Your role will be to review and investigate the nursing records and documentation provided and to produce a report relating to your views and opinions on the care provided.
To undertake instructions on behalf of the Claimant and the Defendant to prepare expert witness reports on:
