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Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness
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Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness

bySean Mosby

 

This month, on the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at the issues and challenges of being an expert advisor versus an expert witness, and especially transitioning from one to the other, with three guests who share their experiences and extremely helpful advice. We also briefly look at the role of the expert advisor when there is a Single Joint Expert, and assessors and scientific advisors. And, 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

Chapters:

00:00  Introduction

01:11  What's going on at EWI?

04:13 The expert advisor who becomes an expert witness

05:52 Abeezar Sarela

16:54 Edward Picton

28:16 Shadow experts and Single Joint Experts

28:48 Paul Beckett

37:57 Assessors and scientific advisors

38:58  Newsreel

42:03 Car-wizard v Vixen Surface Treatments

43:52 Conclusion

The Guests on this months podcast were:

Mr Abeezar Sarela

Mr Edward Picton

Dr Paul Beckett

The further information and resources we mention in this episode are:

EWI Annual Conference 2026

Contribute to Understanding Expert Witnesses in the UK

FPRC April minutes fprc-mins-13-april-2026.pdf

GA v EL [2023] EWFC 187

Seneschall v Trisant Foods [2024] EWHC 1380 (Ch)

DA (Whether to replace a Single Joint Expert), Re [2026] EWCOP 7 (T2)

Civil Procedure Rules 35.15 - Assessors

Practice Note (Admiralty: assessors' remuneration) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Annual Report of the Technology and Construction Court 2024-2025

Remote Participation Guidance for Civil, Family and Tribunals

Remote Participation Guidance for Criminal Courts

Family Justice Council Open Meeting 12 July 2026

Establishment of the Business and Property Division

Review of Track Limits and High Court/County Court Boundary

Open Justice and the Missing Dimension: Access to Documents in Civil Proceedings

Access to Justice Internationally – Tradition and Transformation

Speech by the Master of the Rolls: AI in Arbitration – Promises and Pitfalls

Car-Wizard Limited v Vixen Surface Treatments Limited [2026] EWHC 685 (Ch)

 

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