12 September Giving Oral Evidence Reflecting on a bad experience in Court Simon Berney-Edwards, EWI Chief Executive, catches up with a member as they reflect on a recent bad experience and share their learning.
18 August Giving Oral Evidence Expert criticised for tending to be an advocate and concerns about their objectivity or reliability also noted Expert evidence, Expert's behaviour, Independence, Objectivity An expert on Lebanese Banking Law has been criticised for his tendency to advocate , and evidence the expert had given in another case led to judge being concerned about the expert's reliability due to lack of atttention to detail.
10 August Starting your Expert Witness Business Experts in the Family Justice System Symposium: The Long and Winding Road. 12 October 2022 Expert evidence, Symposium, Family Law The Family Justice Council Experts Sub-Committee invites the judiciary, legal, medical and allied professions to register your interest in: Experts in the Family Justice System Symposium: The Long and Winding Road.
8 August EWI News EWI signs Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) Pledge in support of the push for full parity The Expert Witness Institute has committed its support as an organisation for the recently launched Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) Pledge.
28 July Industry News Forensic Science Regulator Newsletter forensic science, regulator, rebranding The first Newsletter from the statutory Forensic Science Regulator. has been published.
15 July EWI News EWI signs the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses Pledge EWI shows its support and commitment to diversifying the Expert Witness profession by signing the pledge and encourages others to do the same.
15 July Giving Oral Evidence The good, the bad and the ugly: Coldunell Limited V Hotel Management International Ltd Expert evidence, Impartiality, Conflicts of interest, Bias, Independence, Oral testimony Judgment highlights a partisan expert, excellent practice from three experts, and the lengths the other side might go to discredit your expert evidence.
16 June Giving Oral Evidence Partisan experts ignored their instructions Judge states "both experts in this case failed to comply with their duties to the Court, failed to follow their instructions and were partisan in formulating both their reports and their evidence to the Court."