Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Keeping up to date

  1. 91. You must keep up to date in your specialist area of practice. You must understand and keep to the law and codes of practice that affect your role as an expert witness. In particular, you should make sure you understand:

    1. a. how to write a report that follows the procedures set out by the courts
    2. b. how to give oral evidence.
  2. 92. If you have expertise and experience in acting as an expert witness, you should be willing to share your knowledge with colleagues who might be called to give evidence in court to help build their confidence and willingness to give evidence in the future.