Read some of our useful links for more information regarding medico-legal and clinical information.
Practical guidance for orthopaedic surgeons preparing expert medico-legal reports. Britten S, Kumar S, Hepple S, Singh S, Foy M and Leigh B. British Orthopaedic Association, London, UK, May 2024. Learn More >>
Part 35 Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions – Experts and Assessors. Ministry of Justice, accessed 5 May 2024.
The surgeon as an expert witness. Royal College of Surgeons of England 2019. Learn More >>
Acting as an expert or professional witness. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges May 2019. Learn More >>
Standards expected of an expert spinal surgeon witness in cases of clinical negligence. Society of British Neurological Surgeons and British Association of Spinal Surgeons, August 2019. Learn More >>
Acting as an expert witness. The Medical Defence Union, January 2024. Learn More >>
Providing witness statements or expert evidence as part of legal proceedings. General Medical Council, January 2024. Learn More >>
Doctors working as expert witnesses. British Medical Association, July 2022. Learn More >>
Law for Orthopaedic Surgeons: Avoiding Jeopardy. British Orthopaedic Association course covering topics of surgical relevance, including consent, clinical negligence, MPTS hearings and the GMC, court etiquette, coroner’s court, confidentiality, data protection and messaging apps, gross negligence manslaughter, and the pitfalls of social media. Learn More >>
UK Register of Expert Witnesses. Learn More >>
Inspire MediLaw – medico-legal training for medical and legal professionals. Learn More >>
Bond Solon – Expert Witness Training. Learn More >>
Wheeless’ Textbook of Orthopaedics. Learn More >>
British Orthopaedic Association. Learn More >>
Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics. Learn More >>
British Limb Reconstruction Society. Learn More >>
Rebuild, The Limb Reconstruction Charity. Learn More >>
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (ASAMI North America).
Deformity Correction UK. Learn More >>
Paley Orthopaedic and Spine Institute. Learn More >>
Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. Learn More >>
International Centre for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore. Learn More >>
AO Foundation. Learn More >>
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