20 December Case Updates Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Co v John Eskenazi Ltd [2022] EWHC 3023 (Comm) Report drafting, Expert oral testimony, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Not football but art history”
20 December Case Updates Baybasin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2781 (Admin) Psychology, Psychiatry, Risk assessment, Security Catagorisation, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “The risks of making a risk assessment”
20 December News 2022 in Review: Expert Evidence under scrutiny 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 17. Maintaining your professional edge EWI Chief Executive Officer, Simon Berney-Edwards, shares his thoughts on 2022, a year where Expert Witnesses have faced increasing scrutiny.
9 December Recordings - Webinars EWI in conversation with Frederico Singarajah - Unconcious Bias Bias, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Saba Naqshbandi speaks to Frederico Singarajah from Gatehouse Chambers about Unconcious Bias and the issues which Expert Witnesses must consider.
7 December News Attack on expert's credibility rejected Expert evidence, Credibility, Cross-examination, reliability, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence We have often drawn attention to cases in which claims regarding experts’ unreliability were supported, so we feel it is important to highlight counter-examples
5 December News Modes of address in courts and tribunals 15. Giving Oral Evidence Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals have announced an immediate change in practice.
14 November News Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
11 November Recordings - Webinars EWI in conversation with Tom Magner - Communication Skills 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, Communication Simon Berney-Edwards talks to Tom Magner about his top tips for handling the media and journalists. His approach is applicable to anyone who needs to think about communicating carefully and succinctly. A useful skill for any Expert.
4 October Day in the life A day in the life of an Expert Witness at UK Planning Inquiries 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 17. Maintaining your professional edge We spoke to a Planning Inspector
4 October News EVANS v R&V ALLGEMEINE VERSICHERUNG AG [2022] EWHC 2436 (QB) Expert evidence, Expert Report, Foreign jurisdiction, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence A claimant who had been injuired in a road traffic accident in Germany issued proceedings in England and the matter proceeded to trial. The defendant's expert witness's report had been translated from German and had been certified as correct.