Medicine
Sexual health expert witnesses
Listed sexual health expert witnesses address the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infection, testing practice and confidentiality. The instruction should identify whether the issue is clinical, procedural or a matter of disclosure.
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The evidence
What a sexual health expert witness is asked to determine
Sexual health services operate under particular confidentiality arrangements, and the records reflect that. What testing was offered, how results were communicated and how partner notification was handled are separate questions with separate documentation.
- Whether the testing offered was appropriate to the history recorded.
- Whether results were interpreted, communicated and acted upon appropriately.
- Whether treatment and follow-up followed accepted practice at the time.
- Whether partner notification was addressed in the manner the records describe.
- Whether confidentiality and information sharing were handled in accordance with the applicable duties.
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 sexual health evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Clinical negligence claims
Testing, diagnosis and treatment in sexual health services.
View claim type → 02Criminal injuries compensation
Medical consequences of assault where infection is in issue.
View claim type → 03Personal injury claims
Continuing consequences of infection and its treatment.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
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Reports prepared
Testing and treatment records support a records review report, subject to the disclosure arrangements applying to the service. A breach and causation report addresses the consequence alleged.
Where continuing effects are claimed, a condition and prognosis report may be required. The report pages describe what each of those routes addresses.
Sexual health expert witness evidence
A sexual health expert witness addresses testing, treatment and confidentiality as distinct questions, each answered from its own record.
Discipline and location appear in the listing, and the approach is made to the practitioner. See guidance from British Association for Sexual Health and HIV alongside the case material.
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Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Sexual Health 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 Sexual Health 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 Sexual Health 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 Sexual Health 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.