Road traffic accidents expert witnesses

A medical instruction should identify the collision history, contemporaneous presentation, relevant records and the clinical questions to be answered. Where the mechanism is disputed, the medical opinion should remain within the practitioner’s discipline and evidence base.

• Whether the reported symptoms and injury pattern are medically consistent with the clinical records.
• Whether imaging, examination findings and recovery support the condition alleged.
• How pre-accident symptoms, degeneration or later incidents affect causation and prognosis.
• Whether orthopaedic, neurological, psychological or rehabilitation evidence is separately required.
• What can be said about treatment needs and functional restriction on the medical evidence.

Practitioners are listed by discipline and can be narrowed by location across the four UK nations. The register publishes the listing; the instruction is agreed directly with the practitioner.