THE FACULTY OF EXPERT WITNESSES PANEL

The Faculty of Expert Witnesses ( the 'FEW' ) Panel promotes high quality Medico-Legal expertise to law firms and insurance companies.

Membership of the FEW has two grades:

• Fellows
• Members

Fellows are Consultants and GPs who:

• Have undertaken appropriate Medico-Legal training and agreed to undertake refresher training every 3 years so that they are consistently up to date with all the latest rules and procedures.
• Have confirmed their agreement to adhere to specified standards of good practice covering compliance, availability and service by signing a Code of Good Practice .
• Have satisfied SpecialistInfo's Lawyers as to the quality of his or her reports by submitting an anonymised sample report for review*, including presentation and compliance with Civil Procedure Rules
• Have their Medico-Legal CV listed on SpecialistInfo

Members are Consultants and GPs who:

• Have undertaken appropriate Medico-Legal training and agreed to undertake refresher training every 3 years so that they are consistently up to date with all the latest rules and procedures.
• Have their Medico-Legal CV listed on SpecialistInfo

Both grades are expected to adhere to specified standards of good practice covering compliance, availability and service by conforming to a Code of Good Practice .

Non-Members appearing on the SpecialistInfo directory are Consultants and GPs who have indicated their willingness to undertake Medico-Legal work but have not yet qualified for FEW membership.

There is a small one-off charge to experts for the report review service.

For further information, please contact Lisa Cheyne - lisa@specialistinfo.com - 01423 787 984.