EWI Honorary Fellow Tony Saggers has been a drug trafficking Expert Witness since 1995, alongside a career in law enforcement that spanned 30 years. Formerly the National Crime Agency’s Head of Drugs Threat and Intelligence, he now runs a consultancy providing anti-organised crime strategy solutions, child safeguarding from criminal exploitation advice, and Expert Witness training. Here, he provides a glimpse into his long and varied career and explains the importance of impartiality, communication, and evolution in the Expert Witness field.
Kay Linnell Forensic Accountant
Philippe Espinasse
Consultant / EWI Member
Dr Keith Rix
Consultant Psychiatrist
Fiona Coope
Business Manager for Environmental Scientifics Group Forensics
Francis explains why his lived experience is key to his work and how being an Expert Witness helps him give back to society.
Lachlan Robertson
Planning Inspector
Michael Ansell
Document & Handwriting Examiner
Professor S J Eykyn
Clinical Microbiology
Teli Chinelis, Viable Acoustics Ltd, tells us about his work as an Expert Witness.
Norman Lynagh is the founder of Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy, a leading independent provider of weather services. He had worked as an Expert Witness for 30 years, working on a variety of cases. He told us how he got into expert work, the main challenges he faces, and the changing face of meteorology as an area of expertise.
Eur Ing SIMON CLARKE
Metallurgist
Desa is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist and Associate Clinical Lecturer at the Institute for Clinical & Translational Research at Newcastle University. She is an Expert Witness in Clinical Immunology and qualified as a Certified Expert Witness this year. Here, she explains why she got into expert work and why she thrives on the challenges it brings.
Charlotte Wells & Company provide an insight into the amazing work undertaken by those acting as expert witnesses in litigation relating to Mesothelioma.
Dr Stephen Castell
Chairman, CASTELL Consulting
Abeezar I Sarela
Consultant Surgeon, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Glenn Horton Fire Engineer
Professor Charles Claoué
Head of Chambers: EYE-LAW CHAMBERS®
Rod Appleyard has been practising as an Expert Witness for almost 28 years, specialising in the forensic investigation of fenestration and building envelope defects. He shares what led him to the Expert Witness field; his advice for starting out; and why volunteering in a war zone changed his outlook on work and life.
Rakesh Kapila Chartered Accountant
This interview with Chris Turner, Aviation Expert, was first featured in the March 2022 edition of Lawyer Monthly Magazine.
Insights on being an Expert Witness from Dr Brian Franks, EWI fellow.
Our day in the life series provides examples of the kind of work undertaken by our members across a range of different professional backgrounds.