Training, development and support

Upcoming conferences for medico-legal experts:

• 25th Grange Annual Medicolegal Conference
• 11th Pain and Psychiatric Expert Annual Medico-legal Conference

Training and development opportunities from other professional bodies:

• Expert Witness Institute
• The Academy of Experts
• The Medico-Legal Society
• Bond Solon
• The Expert Witness site

MAEP, a multi-source feedback system from RCPsych, facilitates the collection of feedback and provides a structured assessment of your practice as an expert witness, for appraisal and revalidation:

• Multisource assessment of expert practice (MAEP)

Guidance to support revalidation and a structured framework to aid appraisal and reflective practice:

• GMC revalidation for doctors providing expert evidence for legal proceedings
• Case-based discussion form (Word doc)

You may find this competency framework from The Expert Witness Institute useful in identifying the specific attributes, knowledge and skills needed to fulfil your duties to the court as an expert witness:

• Expert Witness Institute (EWI) Core Competency Framework

A listing of cases in which medical publications are quoted or subject to legal analysis:

• Medical reference cases

A selection of suggested reading:

• The safe use of expert evidence. P. Charleton, I. Rakhmanin (2023) Irish Judicial Studies Journal
• Legal aspects of memory: a report issued by the Psychology and Law Sections of the British Academy. A. Baddeley et al (2023) Journal of the British Academy
• Creating and Defining a Scope of Practice for Forensic Psychology. C Leonetti. University of Auckland (2024)