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
5 December News Modes of address in courts and tribunals 14. Giving Oral Evidence Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals have announced an immediate change in practice.
2 December News EWI welcome Westbury Collections Ltd as Supplier Partner supplier partner The Expert Witness Institute is pleased to announce that Westbury Collections Ltd is joining them as their latest Supplier Partner.
14 November News Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
13 November News Ensure your expert has the necessary expertise for the case 05. Rules and Regulations, 07. Working with Instructing Parties Recent judgment highlights the problem when you do not instruct an expert with sufficient expertise
1 November Day in the life A day in the life of a Surgeon 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business Abeezar I Sarela - Consultant Surgeon, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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