4 June Industry News Are Digital Forensics Experts prone to bias? The Guardian reports that a new study has found participants found more or less evidence on hard drive depending on what contextual information they had.
28 May Starting your Expert Witness Business What the court expects of a competent expert witness Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court gave the keynote address at this year’s EWI Online Conference.
21 May Industry News EWI highlights concerns about new Lexis Nexis tool The EWI is concerned about a new tool available from Lexis Nexis which is branded as “a detailed and unrivalled validation of experts” which makes “it fast and easy to complete comprehensive due diligence on experts”.
14 May Giving Oral Evidence The Right Hon. Sir Geoffrey Vos sets out an online future for Civil Justice Giving the keynote speech at London International Disputes Week, Sir Geoffrey explained why he is so committed to a wholly new online system for dispute resolution.
12 May Rules and Regulations Experts and the Family Justice System: Widening the Pool A video recording of the event and speakers’ presentation slides can now be accessed on the Judiciary website.
11 May Industry News Former EWI Governor, Amanda Stevens, appointed a Judge in the High Court In her new role she will oversee procedural aspects of civil claims at first instance in the High Court from issue through to trial, also conducting shorter trials on occasion.
1 April Industry News Experts hit the headlines with Conflicts of Interest Two cases provide a stark reminder of the importance of declaring any conflict of interest.
28 January Industry News Peter Morton shares this alert which considers two recent English court judgments providing important guidance impacting expert evidence, first as regards conflicts of interest and, second, as regards the risks of an award being challenged for serious irregularity upon a misapplication by the tribunal of a model agreed between quantum experts for assessing damages. Guidance from the English Court on Experts' Conflicts of Interests and Highlights the Potential Pitfalls in the Use of Financial Damages Models
14 December Report Writing The responsibility of experts in relation to their written evidence A cautionary tale from a recent judgment from the Patents Court highlights an expert's responsibility.
2 December EWI News EWI saddened by death of Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore EWI were shocked to hear of the death of Lord Kerr on the 1st December 2020.