Rehabilitation Expert Witness listings
Listed rehabilitation expert witnesses address achievable recovery, treatment needs, equipment and care after serious injury.
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What a rehabilitation expert witness is asked to determine
The opinion is based on the records, assessment findings and the clinical context available at the relevant time. It separates the documented presentation from later outcome and identifies the issues that require specialist evidence.
- rehabilitation potential and prognosis after brain injury, spinal cord injury or polytrauma.
- the therapies, equipment and support required to pursue a reasonable programme.
- immediate and longer-term rehabilitation needs that inform the schedule of loss.
- whether delayed or inadequate rehabilitation materially affected outcome.
- future functional capacity and the effect on work and independent living.
Practitioners are listed across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, with listings searchable by location.
Claim context
Evidence in the relevant claim context
The listed discipline may be instructed where the functional effect, treatment provided or future requirements are material to the issues in dispute.
Personal injury
Long-term recovery and rehabilitation requirements after serious injury.
View page →02Brain injury
Recovery, care and treatment evidence after acquired brain injury.
View page →03Spinal injury
Rehabilitation and care packages following spinal cord injury.
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Reports prepared
Listed practitioners may contribute to care needs assessments and condition and prognosis reports. The report-type pages set out their form and procedural requirements.
Related disciplines include Occupational therapy expert witnesses, Physiotherapy listings and Podiatry listings.
Rehabilitation Expert Witness for medico-legal evidence
A rehabilitation expert witness provides an opinion within the limits of the records, assessment findings and discipline-specific evidence.
See the relevant professional guidance alongside the case records.
Rehabilitation listings
Rehabilitation Expert Witness Cases & Claims
Related expert witness specialties
Questions answered
Frequently asked questions
Will a Rehabilitation 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 Rehabilitation 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 Rehabilitation 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 Rehabilitation 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.