4 June Case Updates When it is advisable to decline instructions Expert evidence, Duties of the Expert, Expert Witness, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, Property valuation Mr X accepted instructions to provide advice in property valuation despite not being an expert in that field. Kallakis v Kallakis [2023] EWHC 2148 (Comm)
13 May Case Updates Frasers Group plc v Saxo Bank AS & Anor [2024] EWHC 188 (Comm) Civil Procedure Rules, CPR rule 35.10, Litigation privilege, Joint Expert Statements, 05. Rules and Regulations, 06. Receiving Instructions, 08. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The judge considered, but did not reach a conclusion on, whether a party's communications with their expert before a joint meeting of experts should be disclosed.
8 December Day in the life Meet Desa Lilic, Expert Witness in Clinical Immunology 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 16. Maintaining your professional edge Desa is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist and Associate Clinical Lecturer at the Institute for Clinical & Translational Research at Newcastle University. She is an Expert Witness in Clinical Immunology and qualified as a Certified Expert Witness this year. Here, she explains why she got into expert work and why she thrives on the challenges it brings.
16 October Case Updates Jennings v Otis Ltd [2023] EWHC 2039 (KB) Negligence, Experts’ joint inspection, Accident, Engineering, 05. Rules and Regulations, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Witness attendance at experts’ meeting
7 August Report Writing ABC v Derbyshire County Council [2023] EWHC 986 (KB) Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil C, CPR Part 35, Instructions, 06. Receiving Instructions “Referring to the Protocol gives the game away”
16 May Day in the life "Work within your expertise. Remember that you are independent – and don’t be bullied by solicitors!" 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Insights on being an Expert Witness from Dr Brian Franks, EWI fellow.
3 January News EWI now able to assist Experts with sponsorship for CJSM applications 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties Members can now use the EWI to assist in sponsorship if they need to be able to use a CJSM email account to be sent evidence.
20 December News 2022 in Review: Expert Evidence under scrutiny 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Maintaining your professional edge EWI Chief Executive Officer, Simon Berney-Edwards, shares his thoughts on 2022, a year where Expert Witnesses have faced increasing scrutiny.
25 October Day in the life A day in the life of an Investment Banking Expert 06. Receiving Instructions, 16. Maintaining your professional edge Philippe Espinasse - Consultant
25 October Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can your paper trail be followed?”