[EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event][EasyDNNnews:EventDate][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event][EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]3 November[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:Categories separator=" " last] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Comments] [EasyDNNnews:Comments] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Comments] Podcast Episode 18: Pro Bono Expert Evidence [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Tags] [EasyDNNnews:Tags separator=", "] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Tags] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EventDate] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] 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 the Pro Bono Expert Support Scheme with Emily Sherratt, Project Director of the National Pro Bono Centre, and James Goldsmith KC from One Essex Court. Find out about acting as a Pro Bono Expert Witness under the Scheme, how it works, the benefits, and how you can get involved if you are interested.
[EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event][EasyDNNnews:EventDate][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event][EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]4 September[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:Categories separator=" " last] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Comments] [EasyDNNnews:Comments] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Comments] EWI partnership with the Pro Bono Expert Support Scheme [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Tags] [EasyDNNnews:Tags separator=", "] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Tags] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EventDate] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] The Expert Witness Institute has set up a new partnership with the Pro Bono Expert Support Scheme which is a collaborative initiative between the National Pro Bono Centreand Pro Bono Connect, designed to support pro bono legal cases by connecting lawyers with a wide range of volunteer expert professionals.
[EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event][EasyDNNnews:EventDate][EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event][EasyDNNnews:IfNotExists:Event]3 July[EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] [EasyDNNnews:Categories separator=" " last] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Comments] [EasyDNNnews:Comments] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Comments] Biased instructions, harassment and acting pro bono [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Tags] [EasyDNNnews:Tags separator=", "] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Tags] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:Event] [EasyDNNnews:IfExists:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:EventLocation] [EasyDNNnews:EventDate] [EasyDNNnews:EndIf:Event] Few reported cases assist as to expert evidence in cases of harassment and on the issue of injury to feelings as distinct from psychiatric injury. This summary should be read for this reason. It illustrates how the expert should respond to less than neutral instructions. It illustrates how cardiological evidence was analysed in order for the court to conclude that the defendant’s course of conduct had caused a myocardial infarction. It also reveals the charitable aspect of pro bono legal practice. Wei v Long [2025] EWHC 912 (KB)