Diclofenac and the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis Diclofenac and the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis

Diclofenac and the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis

Although the detail of this judgment is for diabetologists and gastroenterologists it is of general interest with regard to its treatment of...
Restrictions on unregulated Experts in Family Law Children Proceedings Restrictions on unregulated Experts in Family Law Children Proceedings

Restrictions on unregulated Experts in Family Law Children Proceedings

The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 amend the Family Procedure Rules 2010 to restrict unregulated experts from acting as expert witnesses in...
Regal BA Limited v Jun Zhang [2026] EWHC 1446 (Ch) Regal BA Limited v Jun Zhang [2026] EWHC 1446 (Ch)

Regal BA Limited v Jun Zhang [2026] EWHC 1446 (Ch)

The claimant sought damages amounting to the difference between the £16.9 million contract sale price from a failed house sale and the sum ultimately...
Podcast Episode 27: A case that changed me -  Tony Saggers Podcast Episode 27: A case that changed me - Tony Saggers

Podcast Episode 27: A case that changed me - Tony Saggers

In this month's in 'A case that changed me' we are talking with Tony Saggers who is a Threat, Risk and Harm consultant, with 30 years of...
Lessons for Expert Witnesses from O'Neill v Scottish Ambulance Service  Board:... Lessons for Expert Witnesses from O'Neill v Scottish Ambulance Service Board:...

Lessons for Expert Witnesses from O'Neill v Scottish Ambulance Service Board:...

The decision in O'Neill v Scottish Ambulance Service Board [2025] CSOH 17 provides important guidance on the legal and professional standards...
Advocate Economists and the Competition Appeal Tribunal Advocate Economists and the Competition Appeal Tribunal

Advocate Economists and the Competition Appeal Tribunal

At a recent Frontier Economics Litigation event, the President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, The Honourable Mrs Justice Bacon, warned that...
EWI Annual Conference 2026: Opening keynote tackles the use of AI in Expert Reports EWI Annual Conference 2026: Opening keynote tackles the use of AI in Expert Reports

EWI Annual Conference 2026: Opening keynote tackles the use of AI in Expert Reports

“If an Expert, a lawyer, an accountant, an engineer, a doctor produce inaccurate or unreliable opinions or use hallucinatory references, they are...
A Day in the Life of a General Practitioner Expert Witness A Day in the Life of a General Practitioner Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of a General Practitioner Expert Witness

Dr Frances Cranfield is a GP, Assistant Coroner, and a founding member of the Expert Witness Institute. With three decades of experience spanning...
Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness

Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness

This month, on the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at the issues and challenges of being an expert advisor versus an expert witness, and...

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Fixed Recoverable Costs Interim Implementation Stocktake

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee is undertaking a consultation regarding the effectiveness of the extension of Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC), inviting feedback as part of an evidence-gathering initiative conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). You can input into the EWI response by completing a survey of the consultation questions. 

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Draft report retains litigation privilege (at least for now)

It is not easy to appreciate the significance of this judgment for experts in general without reading the summary so the ‘Commentary’ is at the end. The neuropsychological test results are perhaps not of particular interest to psychologists and psychiatrists at this stage in the proceedings but may become so if the case does not settle and it goes to trial. 

Perrin v Walsh (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 2536 (KB)

 

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