Paediatric expert witnesses
Paediatric Neurologist Expert Witness Reports
Our chambers provide paediatric neurologist expert witnesses to referring solicitors, reporting on conditions of a child’s brain and nervous system: diagnosis, the standard of care, the causation of neurological injury, and 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 paediatric neurologist expert witness does
A paediatric neurologist gives an opinion on conditions of the developing brain and nervous system: diagnosis, the standard of care, the causation of neurological injury, and prognosis.
Credentials
Regulation
Scope
Areas covered
A paediatric neurologist expert witness covers the neurological questions most often in issue in paediatric claims:
Causation and prognosis in acquired brain injury, including life expectancy in catastrophic cases.
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
- HIE and cerebral palsy
- Child brain injury
- Neurodevelopmental conditions
What they produce
- Causation reports
- Condition-and-prognosis reports
- Life expectancy in catastrophic injury
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, causation and timing in HIE and cerebral palsy is a core question.
Yes, including where a seizure disorder has been misdiagnosed or missed.
Yes, a paediatric neurologist can address prognosis and life expectancy where the injury is catastrophic.
Yes, where the parties agree; otherwise as a party-appointed expert. Either way, the duty is to the court.
We respond within minutes of your enquiry and send the CV for review before you appoint.
Tell us the case type
We will respond within minutes and allocate a paediatric neurologist for your matter. We act for either side, for solicitors across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.