Claim types
Expert witnesses by claim type
The register lists independent practitioners by discipline. These pages identify the disciplines a particular claim type commonly instructs, so the search can begin with the question in issue.
Claim types
Choose the claim type. Each page names the relevant disciplines and routes to the register.
Asbestos and industrial disease
Long-latency respiratory and occupational disease claims.
Open the claim type → 02Clinical negligence
Breach and causation across hospital and primary care.
Open the claim type → 03Personal injury
Injury evidence, symptoms, function and future needs.
Open the claim type → 04Brain injury
Acquired and traumatic brain injury, cognition and capacity.
Open the claim type → 05Fitness to plead
Criminal proceedings, effective participation and assessment evidence.
Open the claim type → 06Road traffic accidents
From tariff-band whiplash to multi-site injury.
Open the claim type → 07Court of Protection
Capacity and best-interests evidence.
Open the claim type → 08Psychiatric injury and PTSD
Recognised psychiatric illness after trauma.
Open the claim type → 09Spinal injury
Cord injury, cauda equina and lifelong care evidence.
Open the claim type → 10Birth injury and cerebral palsy
Obstetric and neonatal causation.
Open the claim type → 11Inquests
Coroners’ investigations and fatal accident inquiries.
Open the claim type → 12Criminal injuries (CICA)
Scheme applications and medical evidence.
Open the claim type → 13Accidents at work
Employers’ liability injury, function and return-to-work evidence.
Open the claim type → 14Slips, trips and falls
Public and occupiers’ liability injury evidence.
Open the claim type → 15Construction site accidents
Site injuries, machinery and multi-trauma evidence.
Open the claim type → 16Product liability
Injury attributed to defective products and devices.
Open the claim type → 17Dental negligence
Dental treatment, restorative failure and nerve injury.
Open the claim type → 18Cosmetic surgery claims
Consent, technique and revision in aesthetic procedures.
Open the claim type → 19Medication errors
Prescribing, dispensing and administration harm.
Open the claim type → 20Cancer misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis
Delayed diagnosis, staging and prognosis evidence.
Open the claim type → 21Noise-induced hearing loss
Occupational deafness and audiological causation.
Open the claim type → 22Hand-arm vibration syndrome
Vibration exposure, vascular and neurological evidence.
Open the claim type → 23Chronic pain and CRPS
Persistent pain, CRPS and functional impact.
Open the claim type → 24Burns and scarring
Burn treatment, scarring and reconstruction evidence.
Open the claim type → 25Amputation claims
Limb loss, prosthetics and lifelong needs.
Open the claim type → 26Fatal accident claims
Cause of death and dependency evidence.
Open the claim type → 27Care home negligence
Falls, pressure injuries and standards of care.
Open the claim type → 28Criminal proceedings
Injury, capacity and psychiatric evidence for the criminal courts.
Open the claim type → 29Family law proceedings
Assessment evidence in children and family cases.
Open the claim type → 30Immigration and asylum
Scarring, ill-treatment and health evidence in immigration cases.
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How it works
Start with the claim, then identify the relevant discipline
Each claim page identifies the specialties commonly instructed for that question and takes you to the relevant listings.
Practitioners work from their own practices and are instructed directly; the register takes no part in the work.