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
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