Our Cardiologists

Our Expertise — the cardiology specialists.

The panel covers the breadth of cardiology relevant to medico-legal work. Every instruction is allocated to the named consultant whose subspecialty matches the medicine — verified against the GMC specialist register.

Find your Expert 0800 161 3395
  • Interventional
  • Electrophysiology
  • Imaging
  • Heart failure
Eight subspecialties

Find the cardiologist your case needs.

Each subspecialty card lists the type of cardiology work it covers and the medico-legal cases where it tends to be instructed. Open any card for the full subspecialty profile and a route to the consultants who hold it.

How allocation works

From letter of instruction to the right consultant.

Allocation is not an automated process. Each instruction is read by a senior clerk who maps the cardiology questions to a subspecialty before any consultant is contacted.

  1. Scope read.

    The letter of instruction is read against the records bundle to identify the cardiology questions the case actually turns on. A rhythm question is not a valve question; a peri-procedural complication is not a chronic-management question. The scope read is the foundation of correct allocation.

  2. Subspecialty mapping.

    The cardiology questions are mapped to one of the eight subspecialties above. Where the questions span more than one — a stent complication that triggered a rhythm disturbance, for example — we say so up front and propose either a joint report or sequenced opinions from two consultants.

  3. Consultant allocation.

    The named consultant is identified, conflicts are checked against the instructing firm and the defendant trust, indemnity is confirmed, and a scope-and-fee proposal is returned the same working day. Only at this point is the consultant’s name disclosed to the instructing solicitor.

Membership of this chambers

What every consultant brings before signing.

The chambers maintains a standing set of criteria for membership. Every consultant we instruct meets them, and is re-verified annually.

  1. 01

    GMC specialist register

    Full registration with the GMC and entry on the specialist register, with the cardiology specialty entry relevant to the work commissioned.

  2. 02

    Active consultant practice

    Current NHS consultant post, or an NHS consultant post held within the last three years with continued private practice in the subspecialty. The three-year rule is the panel’s standard; retired consultants are not accepted.

  3. 03

    Royal College fellowship

    MRCP (UK) or equivalent, with completion of the cardiology specialty training programme. Active membership of the British Cardiovascular Societyand of the affiliated subspecialty society appropriate to the work commissioned — BSE for echocardiography, BCIS for interventional cardiology, BHRS for heart rhythm, BSCMR for cardiac MR. Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians is held by several members of the panel and noted on the individual CV where applicable.

  4. 04

    Medico-legal training

    Formal training in expert evidence and the duties of an expert under CPR Part 35 — typically Bond Solon, the Expert Witness Institute or equivalent accredited programme.

  5. 05

    Indemnity in place

    Active medico-legal indemnity (MDU, MPS, MDDUS or equivalent insurer) with cover for expert witness work specifically. Indemnity certificates are reviewed at annual re-verification.

  6. 06

    Balance of instruction

    Demonstrable history of accepting both claimant and defendant work, or willingness to do so. Sole-side practitioners are not accepted — balance protects the impartiality the report depends on.

Continue browsing

Match the consultant to the report & the condition.

Subspecialty is one axis of allocation. The report type and the cardiac condition in dispute are the other two.

Need a specific subspecialty?

Match the cardiologist to the case.

Send the cardiology questions, the records bundle and the timetable. We map the medicine to one of the eight subspecialties above, identify the named consultant and return scope and fee the same working day.

Match Me to a Specialist Call 0800 161 3395

GMC-verified Active consultants only Same-day allocation