As well as having the relevant qualifications and experience in your professional field, it is also expected that medical and healthcare practitioners offering expert witness services are trained in how to work as an expert witness and keep their knowledge and skills in this area up-to-date.
This expectation comes not only from parties who instruct medical experts, but is also recommended in guidance laid out by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and professionals’ regulatory and professional bodies.
Healthcare professionals who act as expert witnesses should undertake specific training for being an expert witness and the expectations and responsibilities of this role. Training should be kept up to date with appropriate refresher courses or other activities.
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
The Academy's guidance is endorsed by both the statutory health regulatory bodies, GMC, GDC, HCPC and GOC, as well as the majority of medical professional bodies.
Delivered by experienced lawyer-trainers our courses and university certificates will enable you to comply with this guidance and ensure you posses the requisite knowledge and competencies to carry out your role and duty as an expert witness both compliantly.
Bond Solon is the UK's leading expert witness training provider. For over 30 years our mission has been to raise the standards of expert witness work. Over this time we have worked with tens of thousand of medical experts.
See below our full suite of medical expert witness courses that are suitable for both new and experienced experts.
Medico Legal Expert Witness Courses
University Certified Programmes for Medical Experts
Bond Solon's University Certified Programmes are widely regarded as the gold standard for those who act as expert witnesses.
Holding these unique University assessed Expert Witness certificates will enable you to demonstrate to both instructing parties and the courts that you have been trained and assessed to have the core and requisite knowledge and competencies to act as a medical expert witness in the jurisdiction and courts you operate in.
We prefer to instruct experts who have been formally trained to be experts. Training can make the difference in our choice between two experts with similar experience and expertise.
Farrer & Co
After enrolling on the Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate I now fully understand the importance and implications of being an expert witness and am now confident in my ability to write a court compliant report and to stand up against cross examination.
Independent Psychiatrist
The Cardiff University Expert Witness Certificate with Bond Solon was brilliant! The training content was excellent and the tutors were very supportive. I enjoyed every single part of the programme and it has been invaluable in my practice as an expert. I would recommend this training to all experts, whether they are experienced or a novice.
Occupational Therapist
We always look for experts who can demonstrate that they have a thorough understanding of Practice Direction 35, and are able to produce court compliant reports and give evidence in court.
Macfarlanes LLPs