ABOUT US

The birth injury expert hub

A unique and specialist platform connecting vetted medicolegal and non-medicolegal experts with solicitors handling birth injury and maternity injury cases.

The Birth Injury Expert Hub was created by a team with first-hand experience on both the clinical and legal side of maternity negligence claims.

Our team includes solicitor and former midwife, Nikki Khan, who qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and who was a practising midwife from 1989 to 2024; she is also a Medicolegal Expert. 

Together with Dr Gary Hartnoll, Consultant Neonatologist and Medicolegal Expert, and Dr Clare Tower, Consultant Obstetrician and Medicolegal Expert, they identified the need for a central hub for birth injury experts that can be accessed by solicitors and lawyers working in the field of birth injury litigation.

The Hub is a dedicated directory of Expert Witnesses in birth injury and obstetric litigation, and Barristers, which solicitors and coroners can search by specialist.

Our aim is to help lawyers managing birth injury claims:

  • Save fee earner time spent researching for and approaching medicolegal experts and barristers
  • Reduce the cost of instructing the wrong medicolegal expert or having to start again by sending out Letters of Approach
  • Get an early, informed view on whether a case is worth pursuing

Membership options

Solicitor/coroner

Lawyer membership

Standard membership gives you access to our Expert Witness directory.

Premium membership includes directory access, a case matching facility with appropriate experts, as well as access to our unique resources library of NICE, RCOG, and NMC guidelines in PDF going back to 1998, including documents no longer publicly available, such as the 1998 Midwives Rules.

Memberships are available for 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-10 or 11+ seats, and the cost per user falls as your firm adds more seats. 

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Expert witnesses

Experts membership

Standard membership gives you a directory listing (once vetted) with a full profile that promotes your expertise and experience. To find out more about our vetting process click here

Premium membership gives you all the standard benefits, plus access to a unique resources library of access to our unique library of NICE, RCOG, and NMC guidelines in PDF going back to 1998, including documents no longer publicly available, such as the 1998 Midwives Rules.

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Barristers

Barrister membership

Barristers can be listed for free. Simply complete our online form and await approval from our vetting team. Once approved, your profile will be published on the website. You can complete your application form. Clerks are welcome to apply on behalf of members of chambers.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Birth Injury Expert Hub?

A specialist platform connecting solicitors, barristers and coroners handling birth injury and maternal injury cases with vetted medico legal experts. It combines a searchable expert directory, a barrister directory, a case matching service and a library of historical guidelines.

Who is behind it?

Three directors: Nikki Khan (midwifery expert witness and clinical negligence lawyer; practising midwife 1989 to 2024 and a lawyer since 2008), Dr Clare Tower (Consultant Obstetrician and expert witness) and Dr Gary Hartnoll (Consultant Neonatologist and expert witness). Between them they understand these cases from both sides of the instruction.

Why does it exist?

Finding the right expert is slow and costly. Solicitors need someone who was practising at the time of the incident, has capacity, can meet the turnaround needed for limitation, has the right sub specialty and has no conflict of interest. Experts, meanwhile, spend time chasing historical guidelines that have disappeared from the web and answering enquiries they don’t have capacity for. The Hub tackles both problems.

How do I contact the Hub?

Email admin@birthinjuryexperthub.co.uk or follow the Hub’s LinkedIn page for updates.

Our board

Nikki Khan

Nikki Khan

Nikki Khan

Nikki Khan

Nikki is both a solicitor and senior midwife with over 35 years of experience across multiple NHS and private hospitals, and has been writing medicolegal reports since 2015.
Dr Clare Tower

Dr Clare Tower

Dr Clare Tower

Dr Clare Tower

Dr Clare Tower is a highly regarded obstetric expert witness, and has been doing obstetric expert witness work for over 13 years.
Dr Gary Hartnoll

Dr Gary Hartnoll

Dr Gary Hartnoll

Dr Gary Hartnoll

Gary is a retired Consultant Neonatologist and former Associate Medical Director at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, with over 20 years as a consultant. He has been writing medicolegal reports since 2013, with more than 290 opinions to date.