Surgery
Transplant surgery expert witnesses
Listed transplant surgery expert witnesses address assessment for transplantation, the operation itself and the management of rejection and immunosuppression. Delay in listing and post-transplant complication are the subjects most often raised.
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The evidence
What a transplant surgery expert witness is asked to determine
Transplant claims frequently concern the pathway rather than the operation: whether the patient was assessed, listed and prioritised in accordance with the criteria in force. Where the surgery itself is criticised, graft function, vascular anastomosis and immunosuppressive management are examined instead.
- Whether referral and assessment for transplantation took place within an appropriate period.
- Whether the listing decision reflected the criteria applying at the time.
- Whether the operation and the vascular or biliary anastomoses met the expected standard.
- Whether rejection or infection was recognised and treated promptly.
- Whether immunosuppressive dosing and monitoring followed accepted practice.
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 transplant surgery evidence can answer. They do not prescribe the scope of an individual instruction.
Clinical negligence claims
Assessment, listing and operative management in transplantation.
View claim type → 02Inquests
Transplant evidence where the circumstances of a death are examined.
View claim type → 03Personal injury claims
Organ injury and its continuing consequences.
View claim type →Search the register by the discipline used in the instruction.
See transplant surgery listingsReport routes
Reports prepared
Assessment records, listing documentation and operation notes support a records review report. A breach and causation report addresses the delay or failing alleged.
Nephrology, hepatology or cardiology evidence is normally required alongside. The report page for each route sets out what it must contain.
Transplant surgery expert witness evidence
A transplant surgeon expert witness addresses the assessment and listing pathway before the operation, because that is where most claims arise.
The register lists the discipline and location; the instruction is agreed directly. See guidance from NHS Organ Donation and Transplantation alongside the case material.
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Transplants listings
Transplants Expert Witness Cases & Claims
Related expert witness specialties
Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Transplants 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 Transplants 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 Transplants 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 Transplants 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.