Competition Appeal Tribunal Practice Direction on Expert Evidence Competition Appeal Tribunal Practice Direction on Expert Evidence

Competition Appeal Tribunal Practice Direction on Expert Evidence

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has published a Practice Direction on expert evidence. The Practice Direction sets out the principles applicable to...
Fairmont Property Developers UK Ltd v Venus Bridging Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1513 Fairmont Property Developers UK Ltd v Venus Bridging Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1513

Fairmont Property Developers UK Ltd v Venus Bridging Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 1513

The Claimant defaulted on a loan secured by a mortgage on a warehouse building. It disagreed with the Receiver's approach to marketing the...
EWI Guidance on Approaching Retirement EWI Guidance on Approaching Retirement

EWI Guidance on Approaching Retirement

Retiring from your role as an expert witness is a significant decision that requires careful consideration and planning. The EWI has published new...
Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot - Webinar and Guidance Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot - Webinar and Guidance

Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot - Webinar and Guidance

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee's Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot will run from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027. You can...
Podcast Episode 20: Review of 2025 Podcast Episode 20: Review of 2025

Podcast Episode 20: Review of 2025

Join us for the last podcast of 2025! With some festive cheer, we review 2025, with the ten key issues for expert witnesses that we've seen over...
Peter Marples & Ors v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 2794 (Ch) Peter Marples & Ors v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 2794 (Ch)

Peter Marples & Ors v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 2794 (Ch)

The Claimants brought an action against the Defendant, the Secretary of State for Education, for negligence and misfeasance in public office, relating...
A Day in the Life of an Orthopaedic Spinal Expert Witness A Day in the Life of an Orthopaedic Spinal Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of an Orthopaedic Spinal Expert Witness

Mr Niall Craig is a Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon and Expert Witness specialising in complex spinal cases. He tells us about his professional...
Without hesitation, I attach no weight whatsoever …. Without hesitation, I attach no weight whatsoever ….

Without hesitation, I attach no weight whatsoever ….

A section of this judgment is headed ‘Directions concerning the medical expert’. There was no medical expert in this case. There was a...
Podcast Episode 19: Transparency and Open Justice Podcast Episode 19: Transparency and Open Justice

Podcast Episode 19: Transparency and Open Justice

In this month's episode of the Expert Matters Podcast, we explore recent developments in Transparency and Open Justice. You can also catch our...
A Day in the Life of a Paramedical Skin Camouflage Expert Witness A Day in the Life of a Paramedical Skin Camouflage Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of a Paramedical Skin Camouflage Expert Witness

Vanessa Jane Davies is the founder of Skin Camouflage Services, an independent expert practice offering paramedical skin camouflage, non-invasive scar...
Podcast Episode 18: Pro Bono Expert Evidence Podcast Episode 18: Pro Bono Expert Evidence

Podcast Episode 18: Pro Bono Expert Evidence

Today is the start of the 24th UK Pro Bono Week. In this extra edition of the Expert Matters Podcast we discuss the EWI's recent Partnership with...
A Day in the Life of a Speech and Language Expert Witness A Day in the Life of a Speech and Language Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of a Speech and Language Expert Witness

We speak to a consultant Speech and Language Therapist providing assessments for Special Educational Need (SEND) tribunals and writing medicolegal...

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Podcast Episode 16: CV Writing
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Podcast Episode 16: CV Writing

In the 16th episode of the Expert Matters Podcast, Simon and Sean, discuss CV Writing. We look at the purpose of expert CVs, the rules and regulations, go through a couple of cases, before hearing some great advice from the members of the EWI Editorial Committee and from Beth Rigby who presents EWI's popular CV Writing webinar. You can also catch 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. 

Ceto Shipping Corporation v Savory Shipping Inc [2025] EWHC 2033 (Comm)
Case Updates

Ceto Shipping Corporation v Savory Shipping Inc [2025] EWHC 2033 (Comm)

The claimant asserted that the defendant was required to transfer title in a vessel at the expiry of the bareboat counterparty between them. The judge noted that the claimant’s witness on insurance broking had essentially no experience in the matter for expert evidence and his views appeared to be based on conversations with unidentified others, rather than his own experience of testable research.

Kohler Mira Limited v Norcros Group (Holdings) Limited [2024] EWHC 3247 (Ch)
Case Updates

Kohler Mira Limited v Norcros Group (Holdings) Limited [2024] EWHC 3247 (Ch)

The judge preferred the evidence of the Claimant's expert because of the Defendant's expert’s approach to his task as expert, his confusion over the proper approach to what prior art was and was not in the common general knowledge, the number of assertions he made which he was forced to resile from as incorrect, and his failure to acknowledge a key fact.