Reports
Dental medico-legal reports
Tell us the question your instruction must answer. We will help scope the report and match the relevant dental expertise.
For instructing solicitors
Choose the report by the question your instruction must answer.
Send us a concise case summary, the clinical issues and the opinion required. A named case manager will help define the report scope and identify an appropriately qualified dental expert before you instruct.
Discuss the report scopeEarly assessment
Screening and merits reports
Obtain an early, independent view on whether the available evidence justifies progressing to a full expert report.
Is there a case worth pursuing?
Liability
Breach and causation reports
Obtain expert opinion on breach of duty and whether any identified breach caused the injury alleged.
Was there a breach, and did it cause harm?
Clinical outlook
Condition and prognosis reports
Provide evidence of the claimant’s present dental condition, likely prognosis and clinically reasonable future treatment needs.
What is the current condition and likely prognosis?
Future care
Quantum reports
Support the schedule of loss with expert evidence on necessary future dental treatment and associated cost.
What will the necessary future treatment cost?
Joint instruction
Single joint expert reports
Instruct one appropriately qualified expert jointly to address the issues defined by both parties for the court.
The questions set out in the parties’ joint instruction.
Records-based opinion
Dental records reviews
Obtain a focused opinion from the available clinical notes and radiographs where an examination is not required.
Can the defined issue be addressed from the records?
Regulatory evidence · not CPR Part 35
GDC standard-of-care reports
Obtain independent standard-of-care opinion for GDC fitness to practise proceedings and the regulatory forum.
Did the registrant meet the applicable professional standard?
The applicable framework
Expert evidence structured for the proceedings in which you will rely on it.
We distinguish civil expert evidence from regulatory opinion at the scoping stage, so the expert, report format and questions align with the relevant forum.
Your expert witness report is prepared to comply with CPR Part 35 and Practice Direction 35, includes the required statement of truth and confirms the expert’s overriding duty to the court.
Your fitness to practise instruction is matched to an expert able to address the regulatory questions in issue. The resulting opinion is not presented as a CPR Part 35 report.
Scope before instruction
Commission the evidence your case actually requires.
A condition and prognosis report will not establish liability. A breach and causation report will not value the claim.
Where your case requires both liability and valuation evidence, your case manager will identify that before instruction and match each question to a suitably qualified expert.
Find a Dental Expert NowWhy solicitors instruct us
Relevant expertise, clear scope and consistent case management.
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Scope before quote
We identify the report and issues requiring opinion before you commit.
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Appropriately qualified experts
We match the clinical issue to an expert with relevant registration, discipline and experience.
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Named case management
One consistent point of contact from the initial enquiry through to delivery.
Frequently asked questions
Questions solicitors ask before instruction.
Tell us the case and we will advise which report addresses the relevant question.
An expert witness report prepared for civil proceedings in accordance with CPR Part 35 and Practice Direction 35.
Rarely. Liability and value generally require different evidence.
Yes. A GDC standard-of-care report is prepared for the regulatory forum rather than under the CPR.
Discuss an instruction
Send us the case. We will help scope the evidence.
Provide the case type, central clinical issues and opinion required. A case manager will identify a suitably matched expert and return an appropriate CV with a fixed quote.