Two day Expert Witness Training course for Healthcare professionals.

CPD accreditation:

6 Hrs

per Day

Cost two day course:

£1195

+Vat

Cost two day course with certificate

£1950

+Vat

Location

Voco Thames Hotel, Oxford.

Gain in-demand skills to take on well-paid expert witness work

Our flagship 2-day CPD course in Oxford is the cornerstone of our certifcation; however, it can also be booked as a independent course. Led by our esteemed faculty, this comprehensive course equips you with the essential skills and knowledge to excel as an expert witness. The course covers a wide range of crucial topics:

Day 1: Foundations and Legal Framework

Understanding legal tests and their application
Duties and responsibilities of an expert witness
In-depth exploration of Civil Procedure Rules Part 35
Techniques for providing unbiased and impartial evidence
Developing and articulating expert opinions
Crafting clear, concise, and effective reports

Day 2: Practical Application and Courtroom Skills

Throughout the course, you’ll benefit from:

Practical tips, real-world experiences, and insights shared by our engaging and supportive faculty. Their unique blend of medical and legal expertise provides an invaluable foundation for healthcare professionals embarking on expert witness work.
Interactive discussions and shared lived experiences with fellow attendees.
Practical exercises to reinforce learning.

Post-Training Support

The Inspire MediLaw team is committed to your long term success, offering support, guidance and encouragement to help you excel as an expert witness

Ongoing Guidance:

Benefit from continuous support to effectively navigate the challenges that arise throughout your medico-legal career.

Resource Provision:

Access to tools and materials to develop your medico-legal practice including report templates, terms of engagement templates and medico-legal CV templates.

Strategic Development:

We follow up with a tailored strategy to help grow your medico-legal practice, including a list of reputable legal contacts.

Expert Witness Training recognised and recommended by leading Barristers and Law firms.

Highly impressive training sessions and trainers – I would thoroughly recommend Inspire MediLaw expert witness training courses.

The training offered by Inspire MediLaw offers medico-legal experts the opportunity to hear from the very best practitioners in the field.

For solicitors in practice, knowing that an expert has attended these training courses provides a degree of confidence about the calibre of an unknown expert and demonstrates that their medico-legal knowledge and skills are likely to be up to date.

Inspire MediLaw is dedicated to offering both high-quality training opportunities and sharing the latest knowledge and medico-legal updates to its members.

Learning Outcomes

Our dedicated course for medical professionals has a highly practical focus – with interactive tasks and role play to help you get up to speed on all the fundamentals.

What’s expected of you as an expert witness
The legal rules you’ll need to know and understand
How to write clear and succinct reports – with a practical exercise
How to manage the conference with counsel and meeting of experts (and deal with difficult opponents)
Giving evidence in court and dealing with cross-examination.

Led By Medical & Legal Specialists

Our training is led by an elite faculty of medical and legal professionals who have ‘been there, done that and bring real-world experience to the training.

Meet your speakers

Dr Tom Boyd

GP and Expert Witness

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Isabel Bathurst

Inquest, Inquiry and Injury Solicitor

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Mr Paul Sankey

Medical Negligence Lawyer, Enable Law

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Dr Simon Fox KC

Clinical Negligence Barrister, Sergeants' Inn

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Who should attend the course?

Healthcare professionals
looking to get started as
expert witnesses.

Experienced Healthcare expert
witness keen to expand their
skills and knowledge.

Keen to advance your expertise?

Consider completing our University of Strathclyde Inspire MediLaw Expert Witness certificate designed specifically for healthcare professionals.

Join our membership package and access a range of of benefits, including personalized one-on-one support. Don’t hesitate to reach out today

with any questions!

Programme

Day 1 Programme - Dr Tom Boyd, GP Expert Witness
Day 2 Programme - Paul Sankey, Clinical Negligence Solicitor

09:00

Being an Expert; attributes, issues and practicalities
09.45

Legal framework of expert work and the bare essentials of medical negligence law
10.30

Refreshments
10.45

The process of a claim and expert’ involvement
11.15

The report format and content
13:00

Lunch
14.00

Report Writing Exercise
15.30

Refreshments
15.45

Meetings of experts, conferences with Counsel and trials
16.20

Getting work and the business issues
17.00

Close

08.30

Session 1: Addressing the legal issues

Breach of duty, causation, consent, condition and prognosis
10.00

Refreshments
10.15
Session 2: Experts’ duties and the CPR
- CV
- Independence
- Considering all the facts
- Advocacy
- Limits of expertise
- Evidence
- Range of opinion
- Change in opinion
- Use of medical records
- Questions to experts
- Right to ask for directions
11.15

Refreshments
11.30
Session 3: The claims process
- Pre Action
- After Issue
- Conferences
11.50

Discussion of Experts
12.15
The Relationship with your lawyer
- Minimising delay
- Responsiveness
- Handling the client
- Costs
12.30

Lunch
13.30
PM: Dr Simon Fox KC, Clinical Negligence Barrister
- Rules on witness training
- Before court
- In court
14.15

A view from the bench

His Honour Judge Charles Harris KC (video)
15.15

Refreshments
15.30

Points to consider in giving your evidence

What happens if it goes wrong
16.15

Role play

Examination in Chief, cross examination and re-examination
16.45

Q&A– Dr Simon Fox KC

What our happy delegates say...

Massive benefit from Premier League teaching.

Mr Andrew Kennedy

Upper GI Consultant

Great speakers who were able to share a wealth of experience. Very good material handout and the material provided post course was super useful.

If you’re interested in getting going with expert witness practice, this course provides all you need to know and can offer support as you begin your journey.

Dr Ben Killingley

Consultant in Acute Medicine and Infectious Disease

The training was outstanding. I went from being a novice with the barest understanding of expert witness work to feeling confident about embarking on work in this field. In addition, with such a supportive faculty, I feel I could ask for advice in the future as I start out.

Dr Matt Faircloth

Consultant Cardiologist

One of the best courses I’ve ever been on. Real experts training us fantastically. Real cases, good role play, great pace, excellent material and great location for the training.

Dr Shaun O’Connell

The course was interactive and engaging – far exceeded my expectations. I came thinking I may want to do EW work – now enthusiastic and ready to start developing practice.

Excellent trainers, speakers. Highly relevant and extremely enjoyable.

Dr Elizabeth Garthwaite

Consultant Renal Physician

The Inspire MediLaw team have put together a fantastic interactive two day course.

Speakers were engaging and flexible. First class venue and facilities. Highly recommended.

Mr Oliver Kayes

Consultant Urologist

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Two day Expert Witness Training course for Healthcare professionals.

Gain in-demand skills to take on well-paid expert witness work

Post-Training Support

Expert Witness Training recognised and recommended by leading Barristers and Law firms.

Being an Expert; attributes, issues and practicalities

Legal framework of expert work and the bare essentials of medical negligence law

Refreshments

The process of a claim and expert’ involvement

The report format and content

Lunch

Report Writing Exercise

Refreshments

Meetings of experts, conferences with Counsel and trials

Getting work and the business issues

Close

Session 1: Addressing the legal issues

Refreshments

Session 2: Experts’ duties and the CPR

Refreshments

Session 3: The claims process

Discussion of Experts

The Relationship with your lawyer

Lunch

PM: Dr Simon Fox KC, Clinical Negligence Barrister

A view from the bench

Refreshments

Points to consider in giving your evidence

Role play

Q&A– Dr Simon Fox KC

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