20 December Case Updates Modi v Government of India [2022] EWHC 2829 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Suicide risk, Psychiatry, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing “Anything new on the capacity to resist the impulse to commit suicide?”
20 December Case Updates Baybasin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2781 (Admin) Psychology, Psychiatry, Risk assessment, Security Catagorisation, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “The risks of making a risk assessment”
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.
18 December News 6 Top Tips to Protect Your Business Terms of Engagement, Terms and conditions, contracts, 02. Setting Fees and Getting Paid Hazel Napier from BEB Contract & Legal Services have come up with the following top tips to make sure your business is protected
14 December News Expert Witness Institute launch ‘gold-standard’ membership 16. Maintaining your professional edge The Expert Witness Institute (EWI) is rolling out its new Certified Expert Witness Membership, a ‘gold-standard’ register of experts whose knowledge, skills and practice have been thoroughly validated by the Institute.
13 December News The importance of independence: preserving the integrity of the Expert Witness discussion Experts duty, Independence, Duty of Expert, Expert's meeting, Expert's duty, Experts meeting, Duty to the court, Instruction from solicitor, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements We take a look at how the distinction between being an independent Expert Witness is crucial in a court case.
8 December News Collaboration agreed between the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and the EWI arbitration Ciarb and EWI agree the cross-promotion of training and membership with a view to promoting the relevant training and membership for the Expert Witness community.
7 December News Should you challenge an expert's view without calling them to court? Expert evidence, Expert Report, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing The short answer is No
7 December News Appeal arguing that a single joint expert should have been male rejected equal representation, 08. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert A case of interest (particularly in the light of the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) initiative)
7 December News Attack on expert's credibility rejected Expert evidence, Credibility, Cross-examination, reliability, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence We have often drawn attention to cases in which claims regarding experts’ unreliability were supported, so we feel it is important to highlight counter-examples