Our mission is to support the proper administration of justice and the early resolution of disputes for everybody through high-quality expert evidence from specialists. That means having a diverse expert witness workforce that fully represents those involved in disputes. We believe that the justice system will be best served by using a diverse and inclusive pool of appropriately trained expert witnesses.
Our commitments:
Lead by example
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We are committed to creating and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce and culture and will continue to review all policies and processes to maintain our status as an equal opportunities employer.
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We will strive to make our Board and Committees become more inclusive.
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Wherever possible, we will aim for a diverse set of speakers at our events.
- We will continue to develop our training and events programme to be accessible to all.
Understand the workforce
Promote diversity in the workforce
- We will encourage those who employ or contract expert witnesses to be more inclusive.
- We will encourage people from diverse backgrounds to become Expert Witnesses.
Work with partners
- We will work with partners such as Equal Representation for Expert witnesses to encourage diversification of the workforce
Date: September 2022