How Are Expert Witnesses Regulated in the UK?
Expert witnesses in the UK are regulated in two separate ways at once. Doctors and other healthcare professionals answer to their own professional regulator, the GMC for doctors, the HCPC for professions like psychology, for how they conduct themselves in legal work. On top of that, membership bodies such as the Expert Witness Institute hold […]
What Is Medico-Legal?
Medico-legal describes anything that sits at the point where medicine and the law meet. Most often it refers to the use of medical evidence, in the form of an expert report or examination, to help a court, solicitor, or insurer decide a legal question. This kind of report is written by a doctor for legal […]
What Is a Single Joint Expert?
A single joint expert (SJE) is one expert instructed jointly by two or more parties in a legal case, rather than each side bringing in its own. The expert prepares a single report that goes to the whole court, and both parties rely on it rather than commissioning competing opinions. Prof. Sandip Hindocha, National Lead […]