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The Expert Witness Institute (EWI) was launched in November 1996 to service and support experts. It acts as a voice for the expert witness community, supporting experts from all professional disciplines and lawyers who use the services of experts. Its functions are to encourage, train and educate experts and to improve and maintain their standards and status. The EWI actively works with a wide range of professional bodies to achieve this. The EWI is independent of outside commercial interests and is democratic, transparent and fully accountable to its members. It is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee The objective of the EWI is the support of the proper administration of justice and the early resolution of disputes through fair and unbiased expert evidence. To achieve this objective, the EWI:

  • Acts as a voice for expert witnesses, especially in communicating with the media.
  • Provides support to experts of all professional disciplines and other occupations requiring skills and judgment.
  • Encourages lawyers to make use of experts wherever specialized knowledge is required.
  • Engages in the training of experts to maintain and enhance standards and their status.
  • Works actively with other allied professional bodies and associations.
  • Makes representations to Government and to professional bodies and associations wherever appropriate.
EWI would like to thank the following Founding Sponsors for their continued support:
  • Allianz Cornhill
  • Bond Solon Training
  • Geoffrey Hunt & Partners
  • KPMG
  • Medical Defence Union
  • Medical Protection Society
  • Moores Rowland
  • RB Hawkins & Associates
  • Royal Society of Medicine
  • Strange Strange & Gardner