Birth injury and cerebral palsy: expert witnesses

These matters turn on timing: whether the injury window lay before labour, during it or after delivery, and what a competent team would have done at each stage. The instruction commonly separates breach questions from the evidence needed on causation and lifelong needs.

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The evidence

The disciplines this matter instructs

The register should be searched by the question a practitioner is asked to answer, not by a generic medical title.

Obstetricslabour management, CTG response and decision-to-delivery issuesFetal medicineantenatal surveillance and planningMidwiferymonitoring, escalation and intrapartum carePaediatricsthe neonatal condition and injury timingPhysiotherapymotor function and therapy needsSpeech and language therapycommunication and swallowing needsNeurologyneurological causation and long-term presentation

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Jurisdiction

The context behind the instruction

England and Wales share one legal system, while the organisations responding to maternity claims may differ. The instruction should identify the clinical and defendant context without conflating the two.

For nation-specific context, see expert evidence across the UK nations. The register does not determine legal issues or provide legal advice.

Report routes

Reports commonly considered

breach and causation reports and care needs assessment reports provide distinct forms of evidence. Their scope should follow the issues, available records and the questions put to the expert.

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