9 June News An issue for the court to determine, not a planning consultant. 05. Rules and Regulations A case in Northern Ireland’s High Court has seen lawyers criticised for the inclusion of expert evidence where the expert witness stated that the planning permission was “unlawful”.
9 June Case Updates R v Nijhawan [2022] EWCA Crim 10 Psychiatry, psychopharmacology, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: SSRI antidepressants Suicide Homicide
20 May Case Updates The modern expert: personal insights and current issues 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints The Right Hon Lord Hamblen of Kersey, Justice of the Supreme Court, gave the keynote speech at EWI's online conference on 20th May 2022
17 May News What happens when your client sues you for your expert witness report? 02. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Criticism and Complaints In preparing independent and objective evidence for the court, some experts will have experienced being challenged by the client, who does not like or agree with what has been said.
16 May News Member News SOCOTEC Group acquires BASE QUANTUM in the United Kingdom member news Base Quantum is now part of the SOCOTEC Group, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) in the construction, infrastructure and environment sectors.
11 May News Expert's report failed to comply with practically every requirement 10. Report Writing Recent judgment demonstrates that judges will consider the compliance of reports when assessing the weight to place on expert evidence.
13 April Day in the life EWI Governor on the legal roles of an aviation expert Aviation, Legal role of an expert witness, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 16. Maintaining your professional edge This interview with Chris Turner, Aviation Expert, was first featured in the March 2022 edition of Lawyer Monthly Magazine.
6 April News Starting your Expert Witness business 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 02. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 03. Marketing Our new guide, written by Colin Holburn, supports experts in developing their Expert Witness business
4 April News The Honourable Justice Fraser uses speech to warn Experts of the dangers of not complying with their duties 05. Rules and Regulations In our write up, we capture the highlights from his talk at our networking evening on the 23rd March.
24 March News EWI awards Honorary Fellowship to James Badenoch QC, Roger Clements and Chris Pamplin Honorary Fellowship is the highest recognition that EWI can give to a person of eminence who has rendered exceptional services to the expert witness community.