Paediatric medico-legal reports
Single Joint Expert Reports
Where the parties agree, or the court directs, a single joint expert reports to both sides at once. We provide paediatric single joint experts, instructed jointly under the Civil or Family Procedure Rules. Both parties see the expert’s CV before instruction. The report is written to the expert’s duty to the court.
Overview
What a single joint expert is
A single joint expert is one expert jointly instructed by both parties, giving a single independent report.
Why it matters legally
When a single joint expert is commissioned
A single joint expert is used where proportionate in civil claims (CPR Part 35.7), and commonly in family proceedings (FPR Part 25).
How it works
What a single joint expert report involves
Who produces it
Any of our experts, subject to no conflict
Any of our experts can act as a single joint expert, subject to no conflict and the parties’ agreement. For example:
Where it is used
Proceedings that rely on a single joint expert
Single joint experts are common in care proceedings and private law children matters, and are used in civil claims where a single joint expert is proportionate.
FAQ
Single joint experts: common questions
Yes, each party may put written questions under the rules.
Usually the parties share the cost; your agreement or the court’s order governs.
Where proportionate in civil claims under CPR Part 35.7, and commonly in family proceedings under FPR Part 25.
Any of our experts, subject to no conflict and the parties’ agreement.
Within 48 hours of your enquiry, with the CV sent for review before instruction.
Instructing a single joint expert?
Send your joint instructions and we will allocate a single joint expert within 48 hours, with a same-working-day quotation and the CV before instruction.