11 August News EWI to take part in London Legal Walk 2021 The EWI Team will be support this annual event which raises hundreds of thousands of pounds to support free legal advice charities in London and the South East.
2 August News A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: EXPERT ROLES IN THE CRIMINAL COURT The Perspective of Child Witnesses in Court by Dr Anthony W Baker (Part 2) 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits The second article in this series relates to the psychological and social impact on child witnesses because of their exposure to criminal incidents - in whatever capacity, including their experience of giving their testimony.
6 July News A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: EXPERT IN THE CRIMINAL COURT Child Witnesses and their Evidence in Court by Dr Anthony W Baker (Part 1) In this series of three articles concerning the expert opinions of a child psychiatrist in a criminal case when children (under 18y) are involved as witnesses, three main aspects will be explored.
1 July News EWI Annual General Meeting passes amendments to Articles of Association The 2021 Annual General Meeting considered organizational performance over the last year, 2021-22 membership subscriptions, changes to the Articles of Association and received the results of the Board Elections
7 June News Recent judgment highlights Expert Witness failings 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The Honourable Mr Justice Fraser highlights the numerous failings of an Expert in Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC).
4 June News Are Digital Forensics Experts prone to bias? Bias, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion 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 News What the court expects of a competent expert witness 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court gave the keynote address at this year’s EWI Online Conference.
21 May 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 News MAPS Medical Reporting approved as an EWI Corporate Partner EWI is delighted to announce that MAPS Medical Reporting have been approved as a Corporate Partner.