Paediatric medico-legal reports
Autism, ADHD and Neurodevelopmental Expert Witness Reports
We provide expert witness reports on autism, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions for legal proceedings, addressing diagnosis, whether a diagnosis was missed or delayed, and the child’s needs and prognosis. You see the expert’s CV before you instruct. The report is written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court. We act for instructing solicitors on either side.
Overview
What neurodevelopmental conditions mean in a case
Neurodevelopmental conditions affect how a child’s brain develops and includes autism, ADHD and learning disability. In legal cases the questions are usually about diagnosis, unmet needs, or the effect on a child’s welfare.
Why it matters legally
A question that spans civil, family and education matters
They arise in clinical negligence (missed or delayed diagnosis), in family care and private law proceedings (the child’s welfare and needs), and in education matters.
Reports we produce
The reports a neurodevelopmental case relies on
Experts who assess it
The specialists on a neurodevelopmental case
A child and adolescent psychiatrist and a child psychologist address diagnosis and function; a paediatric neurologist assists where there is an underlying neurological cause; a consultant paediatrician can coordinate the overall clinical picture.
Case-type context
Where these cases sit
These cases arise in care proceedings and private law children matters, as well as in clinical negligence where a diagnosis was missed or delayed.
FAQ
Neurodevelopmental reports: common questions
Where a delay in diagnosis caused avoidable harm, our experts can address causation and the effect on the child independently.
Yes, on diagnosis, the child’s needs and prognosis, for civil or family proceedings.
Yes, our experts assess diagnosis and the child’s needs for care proceedings and private law children matters, as well as for civil claims.
Yes. Where the parties agree, our experts can act as a single joint expert; otherwise as a party-appointed expert. Either way, the duty is to the court.
Within 48 hours of your enquiry, with the CV sent for review before you instruct.
Instructing on a neurodevelopmental case?
Send your case details and we will allocate a neurodevelopmental expert within 48 hours, with a same-working-day quotation and the CV before you instruct.