Building your expert witness skills
As an expert witness, you play a critical role in the legal process. So, your written report needs to be clear, concise and well-structured. On this course, you’ll get some insider report writing tips from some of the UK’s leading legal professionals. You’ll learn how to put together high-quality reports that meet all the latest legal requirements and can withstand cross-examination and scrutiny.
Key elements of the course:
- Watch top legal and medical experts explain the legal framework and give their guidance on writing expert witness reports.
- Review and critically assess reports written by other medico-legal experts.
- Write your own medical report using a real case (on breach of duty and causation).
- Get constructive feedback on your report from one of our medical negligence experts.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, you will have a good understanding of:
- the legal framework, including breach of duty, causation, prognosis, advice, consent and civil procedure rules
- what lawyers and judges expect from an expert witness report (including some tips from His Honour Judge Harris QC)
- how to structure and write your report in a clear and succinct way
- what information needs to be included and how to comply with court requirements
- how to express your independent view and write a report that withstands cross-examination
- how to critically evaluate your own and other experts’ reports.
Accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England
This expert witness training course takes around ten hours to complete online. It is accredited for CPD by the Royal College of Surgeons. You will receive a CPD certificate on completion of the course.
Find out more about our other courses on Conference with Counsel, the Meeting of Experts and Giving Evidence in Court.
