Paediatric expert witnesses
Paediatric Radiology Expert Witness and Fracture-Dating Reports
Our chambers provide paediatric radiology expert witnesses to referring solicitors, interpreting children’s imaging, including fracture dating and skeletal survey interpretation. You see the CV before you appoint, and every report is independent and written to the expert’s CPR Part 35 duty to the court.
- Acts for either side
- Court-experienced consultants
- CV before you appoint
- CPR Part 35 court-ready reports
The role
What a paediatric radiology expert witness does
This expert interprets children’s imaging for legal proceedings, including dating fractures (estimating when a fracture happened), interpreting skeletal surveys (full sets of X-rays of a child’s bones), and giving an opinion on whether the imaging is consistent with an accidental or a non-accidental mechanism.
Credentials
Regulation and safeguarding
Scope
Areas covered
A paediatric radiology expert witness covers the imaging questions most often in issue:
This work is handled with care and led by the expert’s independence.
Reports
What they assess and produce
The same expert can address the imaging questions in the case and produce the reports the proceedings require.
What they assess
- Suspected non-accidental injury from the imaging
- Shaken baby syndrome from the imaging
What they produce
- Independent radiology reports
- Causation opinion
Available as a single joint expert or a party-appointed expert, for criminal as well as civil and family proceedings where court-experienced consultants are required.
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.
- For abuse matters we confirm Level 3 safeguarding training.
- 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. This work is handled with care and led by the expert’s independence. We act for either side, and we can provide a single joint expert where the parties agree.
Common questions
Yes, fracture dating and skeletal survey interpretation are core to this expert’s work.
The expert gives an independent opinion on whether the imaging is consistent with the accounts given; the finding is for the court.
For non-accidental injury we use court-experienced consultants.
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 paediatric radiologist for your matter. We act for either side, for solicitors across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.