1 October News Scottish Medicolegal Conference 2026 Psychology, 07. Receiving Instructions, 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, AI, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, Serious injury, Scottish Medicolegal Conference 2026, Acceleration vs Exacerbation The EWI held the annual Scottish Medicolegal Conference at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on 18 September. The event featured great speakers and panels and lots of interaction with the audience of expert witnesses and legal professionals.
17 August Day in the life A Day in the Life of a Physiotherapy Expert Witness Personal injury, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 11. Report Writing, Physiotherapy Kathryn Rowe is an Expert Witness and Physiotherapist with over 17 years of clinical experience in neurological, spinal and orthopaedic rehabilitation. She works with adults and young people following traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation and complex multi-trauma. Here she tells us about her Expert Witness work, why she still practises as a physiotherapist in the community, and what she wishes she had known when she started out.
16 July News Expert Witnesses at a Turning Point 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, Artificial Intelligence, AI, 06. Rules and Regulations, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence This year’s Annual Conference discussed AI, independence, credibility, transparency and the changing expectations on expert witnesses.
16 July Podcast Podcast Episode 28: Reflections on the EWI Conference 2026 07. Receiving Instructions, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence This month on the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at the EWI Annual Conference which was held on 19 June. The Conference got off to a great start with a keynote speech on AI & the Expert Witness by Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, and carried on with great speakers and panels. Join us on a trip down memory lane as we relive our key highlights from the event.
29 April Case Updates Previous criticism used to highlight defects in expert evidence 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case of Maina Kumari Rai v Advantage Insurance Company Limited (T/A Hastings Insurance) [2026] EWHC 784 (KB) provides a good reminder that previous criticism can be brought up to discredit your expert evidence.
13 March Podcast Podcast Episode 23: Experts in the Courts 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence In March's episode of the Expert Matters Podcast, we discuss some recent examples of experts in the courts, drawing out the key learning points for expert witnesses. As always, you can also listen to our 'What's going on at EWI' and 'Newsreel' segments to keep up-to-date on the latest developments in the world of expert witnesses and expert evidence.
16 February Podcast Podcast Episode 22: Feedback and Criticism 04. Marketing, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties In February's episode of the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at feedback and criticism. We go over the rules, discuss the key recent case of Kolomoisky, and hear the thoughts and advice of the members of the EWI Editorial Committee. As always, you can also listen to our 'What's going on at EWI' and 'Newsreel' segments to keep up-to-date on the latest developments in the world of expert witnesses and expert evidence. You can listen to the Expert Matters Podcast on a number of podcast apps, including spotify and apple podcasts.
23 December News Review of 2025 review, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence EWI Chief Executive Officer, Simon Berney-Edwards, shares his thoughts on 2025, a year where Expert Witnesses have continued to come under increasing scrutiny.
20 October News Sir Michael Davies Lecture 2025: Lady Simler, Enhancing Expert Evidence: Reports, Opinions, and Judicial Perspectives. 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, Sir Michael Davies Lecture 2025, Lady Simler, Enhancing Expert Evidence The Annual Sir Michael Davies Lecture for 2025 was held on 15 October at the RAF Club in London. The Right Honourable Lady Simler, Justice of the Supreme Court, delivered an insightful lecture on Enhancing Expert Evidence: Reports, Opinions, and Judicial Perspectives, which was summed up perfectly by EWI Chair Sir Martin Spencer as the blueprint for providing the best written and oral expert evidence.
15 September Case Updates Losing a professional membership that underpins your credibility Professional membership, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 19. Approaching Retirement, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, CV, Forensic Accounting The claimant brought an action against two of its founding shareholders, and companies owned or controlled by them, seeking compensation for harm caused by their alleged participation in a fraudulent scheme. The forensic accounting expert for the first defendant failed to inform the court, until shortly before he gave evidence, that he had ceased to hold a key professional membership. JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank v Igor Valeryevich Kolomoisky & Ors [2025] EWHC 1987 (Ch)