Medico-legal reports
Medico-legal reports for the question in issue
Listed practitioners prepare reports for litigation in their own disciplines. This page helps you identify the type of evidence required, then find the practitioner who can address it.
Report types
The right report follows the issue the court needs addressed. These routes describe the work, not a recommendation about what should be commissioned.
Screening and merits
An early view on the clinical issues that may need fuller evidence.
View report type → 02Breach and causation
Evidence on standard of care and the consequences said to follow.
View report type → 03Condition and prognosis
The claimant’s current condition and likely future course.
View report type → 04Quantum and care
Evidence relevant to valuation, care needs and future support.
View report type → 05Joint statements and addenda
Further work as expert evidence develops in the case.
View report type →
The discipline comes first
A report needs the right clinical expertise
The report route explains the evidence being sought. The practitioner’s discipline decides whether they can address the clinical question. Search by specialty first where the matter turns on a particular area of medicine, surgery or therapy.
From report type to instruction
The register is a route to a suitable independent practitioner. It does not provide the report or take part in the instruction.
Choose the discipline
Start with the specialist knowledge the evidence requires.
Find a specialty → 02Search the directory
Narrow the list by practitioner, specialty and location.
Search the register → 03Find an expert witness
Use the directory to identify the right clinical starting point for the report.
Find an expert →