8 December News Collaboration agreed between the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and the EWI arbitration Ciarb and EWI agree the cross-promotion of training and membership with a view to promoting the relevant training and membership for the Expert Witness community.
7 December News Should you challenge an expert's view without calling them to court? Expert evidence, Expert Report, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The short answer is No
7 December News Appeal arguing that a single joint expert should have been male rejected equal representation, 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert A case of interest (particularly in the light of the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) initiative)
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.
2 December News EWI welcome Westbury Collections Ltd as Supplier Partner supplier partner The Expert Witness Institute is pleased to announce that Westbury Collections Ltd is joining them as their latest Supplier Partner.
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, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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.
13 November News Ensure your expert has the necessary expertise for the case 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Recent judgment highlights the problem when you do not instruct an expert with sufficient expertise
18 October News A reflection of the day by Wiebke Morgan, Membership Manager (having watched the event remotely) Family Justice Council – Experts Committee Symposium – 12 October 2022 The event, held at Birmingham Children's Hospital, was hosted by Mr Justice David Williams and offered talks by experts and breakout group opportunities in respect of expert evidence in the family courts. The opening address was provided by Sir Andrew McFarlane. Professor Keith Rix, a Fellow of the Expert Witness Institute gave a presentation on case updates and led one of the break-out groups.
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.