Paediatric expert witnesses
Consultant Paediatrician Expert Witness Reports
Our chambers provide consultant paediatrician expert witnesses to referring solicitors in clinical negligence and child-injury cases. The consultant can act as the lead expert on the standard of care, causation 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
GMC registered
Specialist register
RCPCH accredited
Level 3 safeguarding
The role
What a consultant paediatrician expert witness does
A consultant paediatrician is a children’s doctor who gives an independent opinion on the standard of paediatric care, on whether a failure in care caused harm, and on a child’s likely outcome. They often act as the lead expert in a case, drawing the clinical picture together and identifying where other specialists are needed.
Credentials
Regulation and safeguarding
GMC registered
Registered with the General Medical Council and approved to practise as a consultant in paediatrics.
Specialist register
Specialist-register status accredited through the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
Level 3 safeguarding
For non-accidental injury matters the appointed expert holds Level 3 safeguarding training, the highest level of clinical child-protection training.
Scope
Areas covered
A consultant paediatrician expert witness covers the questions most often in issue in paediatric claims:
Serious infection and sepsis
Recognising the deteriorating child
Failure to refer or escalate
Suspected non-accidental injury
Where imaging is in issue, we work alongside a fracture-dating radiologist.
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
- Paediatric clinical negligence
- Sepsis and deterioration
- The paediatric picture in suspected abuse
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
They give an independent medical opinion for legal proceedings, covering the standard of care, the causation of harm, or a child’s likely prognosis.
Yes. A consultant paediatrician often coordinates the clinical picture and identifies where further specialists are needed.
We respond within minutes of your enquiry and send the CV for review before you appoint.
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 consultant paediatrician for your matter. We act for either side, for solicitors across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.