13 April Day in the life EWI Governor on the legal roles of an aviation expert Aviation, Legal role of an expert witness, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing This interview with Chris Turner, Aviation Expert, was first featured in the March 2022 edition of Lawyer Monthly Magazine.
11 January News Core Competencies for Expert Witnesses 17. Maintaining your professional edge The core competencies framework for Expert Witnesses sets out the attributes, knowledge, and skills that experts must develop if they wish to act as an Expert Witness.
14 December Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Forensic accountancy, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
14 December Case Updates De Sena v Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) Forensic accountancy, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The case: a claim brought by the claimants against the defendants in relation to a corporate demerger which took place in relation to a family company.
28 May News EWI quality control and Regulator’s new requirements of Expert’s reports 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The new Forensic Science Regulator guidance states that Experts not holding ISO17025 accreditation must declare this deficit in their reports and also outline the steps taken to mitigate the ‘risks associated with non-compliance’. Allen Hirson sets out the EWI's response.
3 June News Unseemly conduct 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge Last Thursday we made a statement following the collapse of the Carbon Credit Fraud trial. But another case hit the headlines earlier that week which highlights the imperative that an Expert Witness in whatever discipline they operate must be seen to be impartial and unbiased.