Personal injury expert witnesses
Listed personal injury expert witnesses address diagnosis, causation, condition, prognosis and functional consequence after an accident or injury. The specialty selected should match the injury and the questions put in the instruction.
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The evidence
What a personal injury expert witness is asked to determine
Personal injury evidence can range from a single straightforward examination to coordinated opinions across surgery, neurology, psychology, rehabilitation and care. A register search should begin with the clinical discipline rather than assuming one expert can answer every issue.
- Whether the injuries and symptoms are consistent with the reported mechanism and contemporaneous records.
- Whether pre-existing symptoms, degeneration or later events are relevant to causation and prognosis.
- What treatment, recovery and residual limitation are supported by the clinical evidence.
- Whether future treatment, rehabilitation, employment or care questions require separate expertise.
- Which discipline is suitable for physical injury, psychological injury, imaging or functional evidence.
Practitioners are listed by discipline and can be narrowed by location across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The register publishes the listing; the instruction is agreed directly with the practitioner.
Related evidence
Where this specialist evidence fits
The appropriate route follows the clinical question. These related specialties may answer different parts of the same instruction.
Road traffic accidents
Medical evidence following a road traffic collision.
View specialty →02Injury causation
Causation evidence where competing explanations are in issue.
View specialty →03Spinal injuries
Specialist evidence on spinal trauma and continuing symptoms.
View specialty →Search the register for a personal injury expert witness suited to the question in issue.
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Reports prepared
A records review report can deal with the contemporaneous material where an examination is not required. A breach and causation report can separate the standard-of-care question from the clinical consequence alleged.
Where the instruction concerns present symptoms, function or future course, a condition and prognosis report may form a separate part of the evidence. The report pages set out the form requirements.
Personal Injury expert witness evidence
A personal injury expert witness provides an opinion within the limits of the instruction, source material and discipline-specific expertise. The records and clinical question determine the scope of the evidence.
See the relevant UK Government whiplash reform information alongside the case material.
Directory search
Personal Injury listings
Personal Injury Expert Witness Cases & Claims
Related expert witness specialties
Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Personal Injury expert witness respond to Part 35 questions?
Yes - CPR 35.6 entitles the parties to put written questions on a report, and answering them is part of the expert's duty to the court. A Personal Injury report prepared for proceedings in England and Wales carries the Part 35 statement of truth, with equivalent duties applying in the other UK jurisdictions.
Can a Personal Injury expert act as a single joint expert?
Where the court directs a single joint expert under CPR 35.7, the instruction is agreed between the parties and put jointly - a routine basis of instruction in this field. Whether a particular practitioner accepts SJE appointments is confirmed with the practitioner at the enquiry stage.
Will the expert attend joint discussions or give evidence at trial?
Where the court directs discussions between experts under CPR 35.12, they meet and produce a joint statement of what is agreed and what is disputed; attendance at trial - in person or by video link - is likewise a matter of court direction. These commitments are confirmed with the practitioner at instruction.
Can I choose a Personal Injury expert of a specific gender, or one who assesses remotely?
Yes on both counts. Every listing displays the practitioner's gender, consulting locations and assessment types - face to face, remote or both - so sensitive-instruction preferences can be applied at the shortlisting stage, before any contact is made.