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EWI releases workforce mapping research report

This research has provided the first-ever assessment of the size and characteristics of the Expert Witness workforce in the UK.

Podcast Episode 30: Mapping the Expert Witness Workforce

This month on the Expert Matters Podcast, Simon and EWI's Membership Manager, Will Watkiss, discuss the EWI's project to map the Expert Witness...

EWI Guidance on Acting for Litigants in Person

We have revised our recently published Guidance for experts on acting for litigants in person. After engagement with members, we have decided to amend...

Blackpool Borough Council v RR [2026] EWFC 69

Laura Langley, 38, was alleged to have killed her seven-week-old daughter Edith who collapsed at the family home in Blackpool, Lancashire, in the...

EWI Commentary on the RICS Professional Standard and Practice Guidance

The RICS has recently published the 5th edition of its Surveyors acting as expert witnesses professional standard (‘standard’). We...

KS v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)...

The Appellant, a citizen of Tajikistan, was appealing the Respondent’s decision to refuse his protection claim. The Judge gained the distinct...

We all can and do make errors and omissions

Having written in Hospital Update, 48 years ago, about routine parenteral thiamine alongside prophylaxis or treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms,...

A Day in the Life of an Occupational Therapy Expert Witness

Clare Cole is an Occupational Therapist with nearly 17 years of clinical experience, who now works as an Expert Witness in the medico-legal field....

A Day in the Life of a Physiotherapy Expert Witness

Kathryn Rowe is an Expert Witness and Physiotherapist with over 17 years of clinical experience in neurological, spinal and orthopaedic...

Podcast Episode 29: Acting for Litigants in Person

This month on the Expert Matters Podcast, we discuss acting for litigants in person. The accessibility of tools like generative AI is making...

Podcast Episode 28: Reflections on the EWI Conference 2026

This month on the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at the EWI Annual Conference which was held on 19 June. The Conference got off to a great...

A Day in the Life of a Dangerous Dog Legislation Expert Witness

Shaun Hesmondhalgh has been an Expert Witness since 2016, specialising in cases involving dog welfare, dangerous dog behaviour, and dog-related human...

EWI releases workforce mapping research report

Podcast Episode 30: Mapping the Expert Witness Workforce

EWI Guidance on Acting for Litigants in Person

Blackpool Borough Council v RR [2026] EWFC 69

EWI Commentary on the RICS Professional Standard and Practice Guidance

KS v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)...

We all can and do make errors and omissions

A Day in the Life of an Occupational Therapy Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of a Physiotherapy Expert Witness

Podcast Episode 29: Acting for Litigants in Person

Podcast Episode 28: Reflections on the EWI Conference 2026

A Day in the Life of a Dangerous Dog Legislation Expert Witness

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EWI releases workforce mapping research report