29 October News EWI Study Day 2026– Mastering the Witness Box: From Preparation to Persuasion 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The EWI held its annual Study Day on 15 October at Stewarts Law in London. This full day event brings together seasoned professionals for interactive group discussions, legal panels, and practical seminars. The theme for 2026 was ‘Mastering the Witness Box’.
26 October News Instructed Late, Judged Early: What the Ciarb 2026 report on expert witnesses asks of experts, tribunals and counsel 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties In July 2026, Ciarb published its Report on Party-Appointed Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration (the Ciarb Report), based on 419 survey responses. In this paper, Max Beckett and Catherine Jago from CJH Experts review the Report. The EWI would welcome the thoughts of arbitrators, judges, counsel and fellow experts on the proposals set out in the Report.
15 October News EWI awards three Honorary Fellowships David Cowan, Leam Craig. and Kathryn Newns have been recognised for their contribution to the Expert Witness community.
5 October News The Role of Expert Witnesses in Building Safety Disputes - An Urgent Rethink? Impartiality, Duty of Expert, Grenfell Tower, Duties of an Expert, Defective Premises Act, Architect, Fire Safety Engineer, Code of Conduct, Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Remediation In this article, Rose Wilson and Mariya Rankin from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, and Bhavina Vasishta from Rimkus consider whether the role of expert witnesses in building safety disputes requires an urgent rethink following Grenfell and the sweeping reforms of the Building Safety Act 2022.
1 October News Scottish Medicolegal Conference 2026 Psychology, 07. Receiving Instructions, 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, AI, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, Serious injury, Scottish Medicolegal Conference 2026, Acceleration vs Exacerbation The EWI held the annual Scottish Medicolegal Conference at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on 18 September. The event featured great speakers and panels and lots of interaction with the audience of expert witnesses and legal professionals.
21 September News Working with Expert Witnesses: Joint Expert Meetings 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements In the sixth article in the Working with expert witnesses series, Alexandra Winch a Partner at Stewarts, discusses her experience of joint expert meetings.
17 September News EWI releases workforce mapping research report Expert Witness, Expert Witness Institute, workforce, Research This research has provided the first-ever assessment of the size and characteristics of the Expert Witness workforce in the UK.
17 September News EWI Guidance on Acting for Litigants in Person Litigants in person, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, Litigant in Person We have revised our recently published Guidance for experts on acting for litigants in person. After engagement with members, we have decided to amend our advice on whether to act for litigants in person to balance more appropriately the importance of facilitating access to justice while retaining appropriate safeguards for experts.