12 July Podcast Podcast Episode 2: The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and the importance of Expert Witness training Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, Post Office Scandal, 16. Criticism and Complaints, Gareth Jenkins, Expert Witness Training, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 12. Responding to questions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Simon and Sean discuss the importance of Expert Witness training in the context of Gareth Jenkins' evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and some recent judgments.
12 July Case Updates Hitting all three most common compliance errors in expert reports Personal injury, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 12. Responding to questions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The medico-legal expert in this personal injury claim was urged by the judge to seek further training after he made all of the three most common compliance errors which the EWI sees in expert reports. Hamed v. Ministry of Justice (County Court in Cambridge – 7th June 2024)
27 June Case Updates G (A Child: Care Order) (Complex Developmental Needs) (No.2) [2023] EWFC 218 (B) Single joint expert, 16. Criticism and Complaints, Family Procedure Rules, FPR, Expert anonymity, Parenting capacity, remote attendance, Independent social worker, CVP, 15. Giving Oral Evidence An expert must read and engage with any judgments which form part of their instructions.
25 June Case Updates MB v KB [2023] EWHC 3177 (Fam) 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 16. Criticism and Complaints, Family Procedure Rules, FPR, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence An expert report did not address all of the questions posed in the letter of instruction, reformulated other questions, and failed to comply with FPR Part 25 in a number of important ways, while the expert witness's oral evidence failed to provide an impartial expert view.
6 June Case Updates The Cahill v Seepersad [2023] IEHC 583 Expert evidence, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Ireland, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The cout found that a financial expert's report was inadmissible as evidence because he was not properly independent or objective, while very little weight could be attributed to the report of an employment expert because he lacked expertise in the area in which he purported to give expert evidence.
17 May News EWI Annual Conference 2024: Opening keynote looks at the role of Expert Witnesses in the modern and modernising justice system 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, Artificial Intelligence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Our annual conference is always a highlight in the Expert Witness Institute calendar. This year’s event, which took place on 17th May, saw The Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Lindblom deliver a captivating opening keynote.
11 April Case Updates Dusko Knezevic v The Government of the Republic of Montenegro [2024] EWHC 761 (Admin) Extradition case, Extradition, Expert Report, Expertise, Extradition Act 2003, Montenegro, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The qualifications and experience of an expert in an extradition appeal did not demonstrate that he was an expert on the issues before the court.
3 April Case Updates Rebecca Thorp & Ors v Dr Harinder Mehta [2024] EWHC 652 (KB) Medical expert, NICE Guidance, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The judge found that an expert witness's anlaysis became incoherent because he failed from the outset to take into adequate account the NICE recommendations.
12 February Case Updates Expert reports and their appendices should not be indigestible to the court Expert reports, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The judge made it clear to the parties that the expert evidence must be condensed and translated into a form which is manageable and proportionate to the court's enquiry. L v O [2024] EWFC 6
1 February Case Updates An expert who oversteps their role puts their evidence at risk Clinical psychology, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Judicial critism, European Convention on Human Rights, Humans Rights Act 1998, Gender Recognition Act 2004, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations An expert who does not understand their duty to be independent, and oversteps their role, risks the court either refusing to admit their evidence or placing less weight upon it. Ryan Castellucci, R (on the application of) v Gender Recognition Panel [2024] EWHC 54 (Admin)