Locations · Northern Ireland
Expert witnesses in Northern Ireland
This page sets out the location and procedural context for expert evidence in Northern Ireland, and links to the cities covered by the register.
Last reviewed: 3 August 2026
Procedure
The legal context for expert evidence
CPR Part 35 does not apply in Northern Ireland. The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (rule 2.1) apply only to proceedings in the County Court, the High Court and the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, courts of England and Wales.
The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland sits at the Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 3JF, which also houses the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal and the Crown Court.
Procedure in the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, including expert evidence, is governed by the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 (SR 1980/346); Order 38 deals with evidence, including disclosure of expert evidence.
Criminal and coronial procedure
Criminal evidence and inquests in Northern Ireland
Criminal proceedings have their own Northern Ireland statutory setting. The Crown Court is established within the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 framework. In an exceptional case, a certificate issued under section 1 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 requires the trial on indictment to proceed without a jury. The court retains the powers and jurisdiction it would have had in a jury trial.
The Coroners Service for Northern Ireland serves the whole jurisdiction rather than separate local coroner areas. Its coroners investigate reportable deaths, including deaths that appear unexpected, unexplained, violent, accidental or negligent, and may obtain medical records, commission a post-mortem examination or hold an inquest. The service is led by a Presiding Coroner.
These arrangements are separate from the civil Court of Judicature rules described above. The Belfast, Derry and Lisburn pages add venue-level context without importing England and Wales criminal terminology. Medical opinion may therefore be considered in a criminal or coronial process governed by Northern Ireland law rather than by the civil procedure described earlier on this page.
Location context
Using the register in Northern Ireland
County courts in Northern Ireland currently deal with civil claims up to £30,000, a limit that also applies to clinical negligence cases retained at county court level; small claims up to £5,000 are decided informally but exclude personal injury claims.
Location narrows the register after the relevant discipline has been identified. Practitioners are instructed directly.
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Northern Ireland
Expert witnesses in Northern Ireland by specialty
Each specialty below opens the register pre-filtered to that discipline. Listings cover Northern Ireland alongside the rest of the UK, with remote assessment widely offered.
Psychiatric Expert Witness
Mental disorder, psychiatric injury and capacity evidence for civil, family and criminal instructions.
Psychiatric experts in Northern Ireland →Psychologist Expert Witness
Psychological injury, cognitive functioning and parenting assessments.
Psychologist experts in Northern Ireland →Neurology & Neurosurgery Expert Witness
Brain, spine and nervous-system injury evidence, from diagnosis to surgical management.
Neurology & Neurosurgery experts in Northern Ireland →Paediatric Expert Witness
Child health, development and safeguarding evidence for family, negligence and injury cases.
Paediatric experts in Northern Ireland →Orthopaedic Expert Witness
Fracture, soft-tissue and musculoskeletal injury evidence for personal injury and negligence claims.
Orthopaedic experts in Northern Ireland →Obstetrics & Gynaecology Expert Witness
Birth injury, maternal care and gynaecological negligence evidence.
Obstetrics & Gynaecology experts in Northern Ireland →GP Expert Witness
Primary-care standards, referral and prescribing evidence.
GP experts in Northern Ireland →A&E Expert Witness
Emergency assessment, triage and missed-diagnosis evidence.
A&E experts in Northern Ireland →Radiology Expert Witness
Imaging interpretation and missed- or delayed-finding evidence across all modalities.
Radiology experts in Northern Ireland →More specialties covering Northern Ireland
Every link opens the register filtered to the specialty. Practitioners are listed across all four UK nations, and many assess remotely.
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Frequently asked questions
How is Northern Ireland covered by the register?
Practitioners are listed across Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, each listing naming its consulting locations - and many assess remotely, so an instruction anywhere in Northern Ireland can draw on the whole register rather than one city's bench.
Can listings be narrowed by sub-specialty, expertise or gender?
Yes - the register filters by category, specialty and specific medico-legal expertise, and every listing displays the practitioner's gender, so the search starts from the precise question in issue rather than a generic medical title.
Do jurisdictional differences in Northern Ireland affect the report?
Court procedure and terminology differ between the UK jurisdictions, and an expert report follows the forum it is written for - a point confirmed with the practitioner at instruction, and one this register's location pages flag rather than gloss over.