Medicine
Gastroenterology expert witnesses
Listed gastroenterology expert witnesses address investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms, endoscopic practice and the management of inflammatory and malignant disease. The instruction should identify whether the issue is investigation, procedure or follow-up.
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The evidence
What a gastroenterology expert witness is asked to determine
Endoscopy generates a detailed record: the request, the report, images, withdrawal times and histology. Where a lesion was missed, the question is what the procedure record shows about completeness and quality rather than what a later examination found. Where surveillance is in issue, the interval applied at the time and the guidance then in force should both be identified rather than assumed from current practice.
- Whether the symptoms recorded warranted endoscopy or imaging within a particular period.
- Whether the procedure performed was complete and adequately documented.
- Whether a lesion was visible and should have been identified or biopsied at the time.
- Whether surveillance intervals and follow-up arrangements met the expected standard.
- Whether a recognised complication was avoidable and whether it was managed promptly.
Practitioners are listed across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Location can be narrowed in the register’s location listings before an instruction is made.
Claim contexts
Claims that instruct this discipline
These links describe the question gastroenterology evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Clinical negligence claims
Investigation, endoscopic practice and follow-up in gastrointestinal disease.
View claim type → 02Personal injury claims
Gastrointestinal injury and its continuing effect.
View claim type → 03Inquests
Gastroenterology evidence where a death is being investigated.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
See gastroenterology listingsReport routes
Reports prepared
The procedure report and histology support a records review report. A breach and causation report addresses whether an identified omission changed the outcome.
Where a delayed diagnosis of malignancy is alleged, oncology evidence is normally required as well. The report pages describe the scope of each route.
Gastroenterology expert witness evidence
A gastroenterologist expert witness works from the procedure report, images and histology, and states what those records support about completeness and timing.
Filtering by discipline and location narrows the list before an approach is made. See guidance from British Society of Gastroenterology alongside the case material.
Directory search
Gastroenterology listings
Gastroenterology Expert Witness Cases & Claims
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Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Gastroenterology 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 Gastroenterology 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 Gastroenterology 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 Gastroenterology 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.