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 →
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.