Report types
Expert witness report types
Listed practitioners prepare report types that follow a claim from an initial screening exercise through liability, condition and prognosis, and quantum. Each page sets out the form requirements relevant to that report type.
Report types, by stage of instruction
The card order follows the work from the first view on the evidence to procedural work and trial preparation.
Liability sequence
Screening and merits
An initial view on the medical issues and the evidence required.
Open the report type → 02Breach and causation
Whether the care met the applicable standard and caused the injury alleged.
Open the report type → 03Condition and prognosis
The current condition, treatment and likely future course.
Open the report type → 04Quantum
The medical evidence needed to assess loss and future consequences.
Open the report type →Examination and quantum
Independent medical examination
A clinical assessment for the question in issue.
Open the report type → 06Care needs assessment
Care, equipment, accommodation and support needs arising from injury.
Open the report type → 07Records review
An opinion based on the available records where an examination is not required.
Open the report type →Procedural work
Single joint expert
Evidence from an expert appointed for more than one party.
Open the report type → 09Joint statements
The matters agreed and disagreed after expert discussion.
Open the report type → 10Addendum reports
Further opinion where the evidence or instructions have developed.
Open the report type →
Form requirements
The form follows the forum
Every report served as evidence in England and Wales must meet CPR 35.10 and Practice Direction 35. The detailed Part 35 requirements sit in the expert witness report guide.
For medico-legal work more generally, see medico-legal reports. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate rules; their nation pages carry that detail.