16 October 2024 Sean Mosby 340 Podcast Podcast Episode 5: Range of Opinion bySean Mosby Range of Opinion is the focus of the 5th episode of the Expert Matters Podcast. We catch up with Colin Holburn, Chair of the EWI Membership Committee, to find out about the sorts of issues his committee sees in the expert reports submitted to them, before hearing advice from Colin and Lady Justice Simler on how to ensure you meet the requirement to provide a range of opinion. You can listen to Episode 5 of the Expert Matters Podcast on a number of podcast apps, including spotify and apple podcasts. If you can't find the podcast on your favourite app, let us know at policy@ewi.org.uk. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 3:17 Problems we see in Expert Reports 7:20 Expectations of EWI members 10:00 What is range of opinion 16:26 Giffiths v Tui UK Ltd 18:31 Advice on meeting the requirement on range of opinion The resources we mention in this episode are: Lord Hodge's lecture on Unconverted Evidence and Tui UK Ltd v Griffths Lady Justice Simler's Keynote Speech from the EWI Annual Conference, 2023 Declarations and Statements of Truth in the EWI Knowledge Hub EWI courses: Report Writing I and Report Writing II The judgments discussed in this episode are: Hamed v. Ministry of Justice (County Court in Cambridge – 7th June 2024) L v O [2024] EWFC 6 Griffiths v Tui UK Ltd [2020] EWHC 2268 (QB) Tui UK Ltd v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48 The rules and regulations discussed in the Podcast are: Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Direction 35, 3.2 Guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims, paragraphs 59-60 Family Procedure Rules, Practice Direction 25B, 9.1 Criminal Procedure Rules 19.4 We would appreciate your feedback including improvements and ideas for content you would like us to include at policy@ewi.org.uk. More links Link to the Podcast on Spotify Link to the Podcast on Apple Podcasts Share Print Tags Range of Opinion05. Rules and Regulations10. Report Writing13. Changing your opinion11. Responding to questions12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements14. Giving Oral EvidencePodcast Related articles Is it within the remit of an expert to decide which witness of fact they believe or disbelieve? When the joint statement is no more than really two statements, one from each expert. The dangers of a considerable burden of expert work Preliminary (pre-report) experts’ meetings A Day in the Life of a Medicolegal Expert Witness Comments are only visible to subscribers.