1. The expert medical witness Keith Rix; 2. Courts, laws and procedures Keith Rix; 3. Training, development and the maintenance of expertise Keith Rix; 4. Business matters Danny Allen and Keith Rix; 5. The medicolegal consultation Keith Rix; 6. The report, amendments, answers to questions, experts' meetings and conferences Keith Rix; 7. Reports for criminal proceedings and in prison cases Keith Rix and Rajan Nathan; 8. Personal injury cases Laurence Mynors-Wallis and Keith Rix; 9. Reports for family proceedings relating to children Keith Rix, Rajan Nathan and Karl Rowley; 10. Reports in cases involving capacity Keith Rix; 11. Reports for the First-Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Mental Health Chris Jones and Srikanth Nimmagadda; 12. Reports in immigration and asylum cases Cornelius Katona, Andrew Leak and David Rhys Jones; 13. Reports in employment, disability discrimination and pension cases James Briscoe, Gareth Vincenti and Keith Rix; 14. Reports for fitness to practise, conduct and performance proceedings Gareth Vincenti; 15. Coroners courts and fatal accident inquiries Laurence Mynors-Wallis and Keith Rix; 16. How to read an expert medical report Anthony Howard and Keith Rix; 17. Going to court Keith Rix; References; Appendix A: specimen criminal report on Daniel MacNaughtan; Appendix B: specimen personal injury report on Charles Dickens; Index; Appendix 1: letter of response to request for a report; Appendix 2: time sheet; Appendix 3: cost estimates; Appendix 4: sample contract for litigants-in-person soliciting reports; Appendix 5: file front sheet; Appendix 6: appointment letter; Appendix 7: information to accompany appointment letter; Appendix 8: consent form for medicolegal report; Appendix 9: General Data Protection Regulation consent form; Appendix 10: privacy notice; Appendix 11: notes of history and examination findings for Appendix B; Appendix 12: declaration for an expert report in the Republic of Ireland; Appendix 13: additional declaration for Experts in England and Wales instructed by the Prosecution only; Appendix 14: expert witness self-certificate for Experts in England and Wales instructed by the Prosecution only; Appendix 15: report covering letter.