Board

Sir Martin Spencer is a Justice of the High Court, King's Bench Division. Previously, he was a leading clinical negligence barrister, whose practice at Hailsham Chambers involved all aspects of clinical negligence, with particular expertise in complex high quantum claims, representing both claimants and defendants. Significant cases include Daniels v Walker [2000] 1 WLR 1382 Court of Appeal, on the use of joint experts under the CPR.

Sir Martin was called to the Bar in 1979 and took silk in 2003. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2001 and authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2017. As chair of governors of the EWI, Sir Martin is focused on ensuring the Institute continues to lead in supporting experts from all professional disciplines, raising standards through training and education and representing their views across a wide range of stakeholders.

Sir Martin has a law degree and MA (jurisprudence) from Oxford University and studied as a Danish Government Scholar in Copenhagen. He has delivered numerous lectures and contributed to a number of publications in the UK and Denmark.

Sir Martin has been Chair of Governors of the Expert Witness Institute since 2017.

Mike Pilgrem is a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Economic and Financial Consulting practice and a chartered accountant.

Over the last 35 years, his responsibility has included audit, financial consulting and business valuation in different industries. He has advised on the value of companies and their intangibles in a variety of contexts.

Mike has been appointed as expert witness and prepared reports in matters before arbitral tribunals, the English High Court and other courts, and given oral testimony before tribunals and the High Court.

During the course of his career, he has been responsible in over 100 cases for one or more expert reports or for written submissions to, or determinations by, experts; including some of the largest commercial claims seen in the UK.

Mike joined the Board in 2018.

Geraldine Andrews was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1981 and joined Lincoln’s Inn ad eundem in 1992. She enjoyed a highly successful career at the Commercial Bar as a member of Essex Court Chambers for 30 years, taking silk in 2001. She was appointed to the King’s Bench Division of the High Court in October 2013 and the Court of Appeal in October 2020.  Her practice at the Bar not only covered the traditional commercial areas of shipping, reinsurance and international trade but had a strong Chancery element with a particular expertise in banking, finance and derivatives. She is co-author of the leading textbook on the Law of Guarantees, now in its 7^th edition.  At the Bar, she appeared regularly in the High Court and Court of Appeal and in international arbitrations, and had a reputation as a formidable cross-examiner. She also appeared in court as an advocate in other jurisdictions, including Singapore. She has been heavily involved in advocacy training since 1997, and trains at every level from students to trainers in this jurisdiction and abroad, including regular trips to South Africa and Singapore. She was Master of Education at Gray’s Inn, from 2017-2020; during an earlier period as chair of the Inn’s Advocacy and CPD committee she was responsible for the introduction of courses on expert witness handling in conjunction with consultant psychiatrists. She is also a former vice-chairman of the Legal Services Committee and the Professional Practice Committee of the Bar Council.     

She was co-opted onto the EWI Board in 2021

I have over 18 years’ experience as a Forensic Accountant having given evidence in Court in both civil and criminal litigation, being familiar with the pressure and demands that legal process can impose. I am a FCCA and became a member of the EWI in May 2009. I have found the organisation to be helpful, providing sound advice and support. I would like to put my experience and professional expertise to the benefit of fellow members. My business, Integrity Accounting and Forensic Solutions, founded in July 2013 has been recognised by a Global Advisory award ‘Boutique Forensic Accounting Firm in 2020’

Throughout my 40-year career I have been involved at management and director level with primary responsibility for accountancy and tax matters, training of staff, career development and financial management of practices, so I am comfortable with working at board level and providing support and advice at all levels.

I am passionate about the importance of justice for all and believe that my role as an expert witness is to firstly identify the matters of contention, and to assist the Court in understanding those contentious issues to achieve a fair and accurate conclusion. This includes working in partnership with other experts, resulting in an early resolution of the dispute.

Unfortunately, in recent times expert witnesses have been headline news for all the wrong reasons and therefore I strongly support the use of the EWI to ensure that members are comprehensively trained with resources available to them, fully understand their role, and uphold the high standards required of expert witnesses.

Daniel Correa is the Managing Director of DAC Consulting Services worldwide, which is a leading specialist group in providing Forensic Engineering and Expert Witness services to the engineering and construction industry worldwide, headquartered in London UK.

Daniel is a Mechanical Engineer by profession, and holds a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Manchester. Daniel has also completed a Senior Management Programme at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. 

Daniel is a Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom, a member of the Mechanical Engineering Institute in London, a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Member of the Project Management Institute, a Member of the Academy of Experts, and a Member of the Expert Witness Institute. 
Daniel has extensive experience as a Senior Forensic Engineer, as a Technical Expert, and as a Scheduling Expert (Forensic Delay and Disruption Analysis), with a wide range of expertise within the Construction sector. 
Daniel has been appointed by lawyers, insurers, and corporations in various occasions, to analyse different types of complex claims. In the Construction sector Daniel has been appointed as a Delay Expert, tasked with the assessment of the timeline of a project, both in a prospective manner (to suggest accelerating actions and monitoring of a construction Project), and in a retrospective manner (to examine the actions or inactions that could have generated delays in a project as well as cost overruns). 

Similarly, Daniel has been appointed on several occasions as a Coordinating Expert, leading complex construction disputes by managing different commercial and technical disciplines. This has led to the preparation of comprehensive and cohesive Expert Reports under one organised group. 
Daniel has acted as an expert witness in various jurisdictions. He has given evidence before arbitral tribunals (including ICC, LCIA, DIAC) and in High Court (UK) on a number of occasions. 

Dr Kathryn Newns is a Clinical Psychologist, with specialist interests in the effects of trauma and chronic pain. 
She has been a registered Clinical Psychologist, working across the lifespan (and with people with Autism Spectrum Conditions and/or Learning Disabilities), for over 15 years, both in the NHS and in private practice. She has over 10 years’ experience as an Expert Witness, primarily in Civil Litigation and employment tribunals. 

She provides mentoring for Registered Psychologists who are working as expert witnesses and is the director of Applied Psychology Solutions, a corporate partner of the EWI, which provides administrative support for Expert Witnesses and connects instructing parties with experts in Clinical Psychology across the UK.  She also regularly runs training events in partnership with the EWI and is a member of the EWI training committee. 

In addition to expert witness work, Dr Newns provides psychological therapy, psychological assessments, and is a founder member of In Mind Consulting, a group of psychologists who aim to improve the productivity, resilience and motivations of teams in the workplace.

Kathryn joined the EWI Board in 2021.

I have been practicing as an expert witness for over 30 years. I have had the experience of working within criminal, civil and family courts, as well as arbitration and mediation hearings both nationally and internationally.

During my last 12 months on the Membership committee of the IEW I have enjoyed both the work and the interaction with the other members of the committee.

I am personally committed to the development of expert practice and the development, maintenance, and training of the expert in practice. Although it must always be acknowledged the enormous breadth of specialisms and diversity within the purview of ‘expert witness’ it always strikes me at the universality of many of the requisite skills and standards of practice. A good expert demonstrates certain attributes and knowledge regardless of their subject, that illustrates and demonstrates to me the fundamental importance and relevance of the work of the institute.

My personal ambitions for the institute include enhancement of its reputation and relevance, in combination with the further development of membership benefits.