Paediatric expert witnesses
Neonatology Expert Witness Reports for Solicitors
Our chambers provide neonatology expert witnesses to referring solicitors, reporting on the care a newborn received, including babies born premature or critically unwell. The neonatologist gives an independent opinion on neonatal and intensive-care management, on the causation of injury around the time of birth, and on prognosis. You see the CV before you appoint, and every report is written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court.
- Acts for either side
- Single joint expert available
- CV before you appoint
- CPR Part 35 court-ready reports
The role
What a neonatology expert witness does
A neonatologist is a doctor specialising in the care of newborn babies, including those born premature or critically unwell. They give an opinion on the standard of neonatal and intensive-care management, on the causation of injury around the time of birth, and on prognosis.
Credentials
Regulation
Scope
Areas covered
A neonatology expert witness covers the questions most often in issue in newborn care:
Neonatal death cases are handled with appropriate care.
Reports
What they assess and produce
The same expert can address the clinical questions in the case and produce the reports the proceedings require.
What they assess
- Hypoxic brain injury
- Neonatal death
- Birth-related injury
What they produce
- Liability and breach reports
- Causation reports
- Condition-and-prognosis reports
Available as a single joint expert or a party-appointed expert.
Assurance
How we vet the expert
- We confirm GMC registration and specialist-register status.
- We review current clinical practice.
- We check familiarity with the CPR Part 35 duties of an expert witness.
- You receive the CV to assess suitability before you appoint.
Independence
Written to the duty to the court
Every report is written to the expert’s duty to the court rather than to the party who appoints them. We act for either side, and we can provide a single joint expert where the parties agree.
Common questions
Yes, including resuscitation, management of prematurity and neonatal infection.
Yes, including reports for inquests, handled with appropriate care.
We respond within minutes of your enquiry and send the CV for review before you appoint.
Yes, where the parties agree; otherwise as a party-appointed expert. Either way, the duty is to the court.
Either side. The expert’s CPR Part 35 duty is to the court.
Tell us the case type
We will respond within minutes and allocate a neonatology expert for your matter. We act for either side, for solicitors across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.