Paediatric medical expert witnesses for solicitors
Court-ready, CPR Part 35 medical reports for cases involving children and young people, with quotations, relevant consultant expert CVs and confirmed availability provided before you instruct.
- GMC and HCPC registered
- CPR Part 35 independence
- RCPCH-qualified members
- Level 3 safeguarding
What we do
We are a specialist group of expert witnesses in paediatric work, providing reports for solicitors, barristers and legal professionals working on matters involving children and young people. We find the right paediatric specialists for the case, recommend a suitable CV for your matter, you choose an expert, and our members provide medico-legal reports written to their CPR Part 35 duty to the court.
We cover all matters involving children, not paediatric medicine alone: children’s clinical negligence and birth injury, child personal injury, family proceedings, criminal cases involving non-accidental injury, and inquests. One named case manager handles the matter from first call to final report.
Cases, reports and experts
The cases that referring solicitors bring to our chambers most often, the reports they request, and the consultants who prepare them.
Common cases
Common reports
What our service provides
Court-ready CPR Part 35 reports
Written to the expert’s duty to the court and ready to serve.
Clear timescales for report delivery
Standard reports in 2 to 4 weeks; urgent in 1 to 2 weeks where needed.
One named case manager
A single point of contact from first call to final report.
Funding that fits the claim
Legal Aid (LAA), conditional fee agreements (CFA) and private funding.
UK-wide coverage
Experts across the country, with remote assessment where it suits.
Post-report care
Addenda, joint statements and court attendance as the matter requires.
Experts and reports
Experts in our chambers
How instruction works
- 1EnquirySend us the case type and a short summary.
- 2Same-working-day quotationYou receive a costed answer the same working day.
- 3Swift expert allocationWe send the CV for you to assess before you instruct.
- 4InstructionYou instruct with cost, scope and timescale agreed.
- 5ReportStandard in 2 to 4 weeks; urgent in 1 to 2 weeks.
- 6After the reportAddenda, joint statements and court attendance.
A single named case manager handles each step.
Credibility and independence
Our medical experts are registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and hold specialist-register status in their paediatric field; our psychologists are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Reports are written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court, which the expert owes to the court rather than to the party who appoints them. Our members are RCPCH-qualified, and experts working on non-accidental injury matters hold Level 3 safeguarding training.
- GMC registeredGeneral Medical Council specialist register
- HCPC registeredHealth and Care Professions Council
- RCPCH qualifiedRoyal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Level 3 safeguardingNon-accidental injury casework
Funding
We work with the full range of funding routes used in children’s cases. We can quote against each, and remote assessment can keep costs proportionate where the matter allows.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. You receive the expert’s CV to assess suitability before you commit.
An expert is allocated straight after enquiry.
Standard reports take 2 – 4 weeks; urgent reports 1 – 2 weeks where the matter requires it.
Yes. Every report is written to the expert’s duty to the court under CPR Part 35.
Legal Aid (LAA), conditional fee agreements (CFA) and private funding.
Yes, across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with remote assessment where it suits the matter.
Consultant paediatricians, neonatologists, paediatric neurologists and radiologists, neuroradiologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists, and other paediatric specialists on request.
No. We act for instructing solicitors on either side. Our experts’ duty under CPR Part 35 is to the court, not to the instructing party.
Fast quotes and Expert CVs
Tell us the case type and we will quote the same working day.
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