FAQs
What type of midwifery negligence cases Do you assess?
We assess a wide range of midwifery negligence cases, from antenatal and intrapartum to postnatal and complex maternity litigation cases throughout England and Wales. Click here for more information on our extensive areas of midwifery knowledge and expertise.
Are your experts trained in CPR Part 35 requirements for expert witness reports?
Yes all of our midwifery experts are fully trained and experienced in meeting the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) Part 35 requirements for expert witness reports. Each expert understands their professional duty to the court and is skilled in preparing clear, objective, and compliant reports.
All work undertaken through Kelly Parker Medicolegal Midwifery Experts is overseen and quality-assured by Kelly Parker, who is highly trained and experienced in clinical negligence procedures, report writing standards, and the legal framework governing expert evidence.
Our experts receive ongoing guidance, mentorship, and coaching to ensure every report produced is accurate, balanced, and fully aligned with legal and professional expectations giving clients complete confidence in the reliability and integrity of our work.
Who oversees the quality of expert reports?
All expert witness work is personally peer-reviewed and quality-assured by Kelly Parker, Managing Director of Kelly Parker Medicolegal Midwifery Experts. Kelly brings extensive experience in clinical negligence, governance, and the medicolegal process, ensuring that every report is accurate, balanced, and fully compliant with court requirements.
Before submission, all reports undergo a thorough review for structure, clarity, consistency, and adherence to CPR Part 35 and NMC professional standards. This ensures our clients receive robust, defensible, and trustworthy expert evidence and opinion.
How do you ensure your experts remain independent?
Independence and impartiality are at the core of everything we do. Our experts act only within their field of competence and professional expertise, and their primary duty is always to the court, not to any instructing party.
We have strict conflict of interest procedures in place, and every expert is required to declare any potential conflict before accepting a case. Our experts are trained to provide objective, evidence-based opinions, free from influence or bias.
What professional backgrounds do your experts have?
All our experts are highly experienced, practising NHS midwives with extensive backgrounds across maternity services, including clinical leadership, hospital midwifery, community midwifery, governance, education, and patient safety.
Many hold postgraduate qualifications (MSc or equivalent) and have served in senior or specialist roles such as Heads of Midwifery, Matrons, Clinical Governance Leads, practice educators and Professional Midwifery Advocatesw. This ensures every opinion provided is informed by deep clinical understanding and current best practice.
Do your experts act as joint or single joint experts (SJE)?
Yes — our experts can act as joint or single joint experts (SJE) when instructed by agreement between parties. We are familiar with the procedural and reporting requirements involved in joint instruction, including the preparation of reports that address the needs of all instructing solicitors.
When acting as an SJE, the expert remains completely independent and impartial, with their duty to the court unchanged. Kelly Parker personally oversees all joint expert work to ensure clarity, fairness, and compliance with the Civil Procedure Rules.
This ensures that all parties receive a transparent, balanced, and professionally reasoned opinion that assists the court effectively and efficiently.
How are your experts trained and supported?
Each expert working with Kelly Parker Medicolegal receives specialist training in medicolegal processes, report writing, and CPR Part 35 compliance. Ongoing mentorship, supervision, and coaching are provided by Kelly to maintain consistency and excellence across all cases.
Many of our experts have completed the Bond Solon “Excellence in Report Writing” course, ensuring their work meets the highest legal and evidential standards.
All experts also undergo a rigorous onboarding process before joining the agency. This includes verification of professional registration, indemnity insurance, Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) registration, and relevant professional credentials. This process ensures that every expert working under the Kelly Parker Medicolegal name upholds the same standards of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
This structured and supported approach ensures that every expert witness report reflects not only clinical accuracy but also the highest legal and professional standards.
What makes Kelly Parker Medicolegal different?
Our agency combines clinical credibility with medicolegal precision. Every expert working for Kelly Parker Medicolegal has been recruited by Kelly - ensuring high quality in every associate. Every report benefits from the oversight of Kelly Parker — an experienced midwifery leader with advanced knowledge of clinical negligence and the expert witness process.
We pride ourselves on professionalism, responsiveness, and integrity. Our experts are not just clinically skilled but are also supported, guided, and quality-assured through a robust internal process that ensures complete confidence in the reports we provide.
How do I instruct an expert?
Instructing an expert is simple. You can contact us directly via our online enquiry form or by email at enquiries@kellyparkermedicolegal.com Once we receive your enquiry, we'll discuss your case requirements, identify the most suitable expert, and confirm availability and terms.
We'll then provide a clear instruction agreement outlining timescales, fees, and the scope of work. Our goal is to make the process efficient, transparent, and fully compliant with legal and procedural standards.
What is your typical turnaround time?
Turnaround times depend on case complexity and record volume as well as availability of our experts who all have substantive NHS roles. We aim to provide initial screening reports within 3-4 weeks and full expert reports within 6–8 weeks of receiving complete documentation. We do offer an express service for urgent reports - please enquire about this service for availability.
We understand the time-sensitive nature of medicolegal work, and we always communicate expected timelines clearly at the point of instruction. Urgent cases can often be accommodated on request for a reasonable uplift in fees.
What are your fees?
A full list of fees can be provided upon request. 30-day payment terms apply unless otherwise agreed.
Please submit your case requirements here.
Instruct an Expert Witness Today
To instruct an antenatal negligence expert or request an Antenatal screening negligence report, email our litigation midwives at enquiries@kellyparkermedicolegal.com or call 07577 231455 . We provide expert, professional support throughout England and Wales.
