6 October Case Updates A substantial limit to its evidential value 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 04. Marketing, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, Curriculum Vitae, Qualifications, Relevant Experience This is a fascinating case in terms of the expert’s qualifications, training and experience. As a result of the expert not setting these out in the report, and for other reasons, the judge could attach little or no weight to the expert’s opinions. RC v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] UKFTT HU670752024 (IAC)
17 June News New Guide to Becoming an Expert Witness 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, Expert Witness Training, 06. Rules and Regulations The EWI has just published its new guide to Becoming and Expert Witness. Written by EWI Member Paul Beckett, the guide is aimed at those who are considering undertaking, or who have just begun undertaking, Expert Witness work.
16 April Day in the life A Day in the Life of a Learning Disability and Nursing Expert Witness 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence We speak to Lynn Hannon, a learning disability and autism specialist nurse who works as an Expert Witness on quantum care assessments, loss of service claims, and Court of Protection cases. Here, she tells us how she found her way into the role, what keeps her motivated, and the advice she would give to anyone considering the same path.
3 March News The admin behind the expertise 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, Technology Highlights from the EWI Technology and Practice Survey 2026 A survey by the Expert Witness Institute, supported by Fortythree Tech
12 February Case Updates McLaren Indy LLC & Anor v Alpa Racing USA LLC & Ors [2026] EWHC 110 (Comm) 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 16. Criticism and Complaints, CV, CV Writing, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, Motorsport The claimant alleged that the second defendant, a Spanish racing driver, had repudiated a binding agreement under which he was contracted to drive for the claimants’ IndyCar team for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 racing seasons. The judge found some of the expert witnesses to be impressive and independent, while the expert evidence of others was unimpressive and disappointing.
26 January News Expert Terms and Conditions of Engagement 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 02. Working with Agencies or Panels, Terms and Conditions of Engagement We have just completed the regular review of our Standard Expert Terms and Conditions of Engagement. The purpose of the Terms and Conditions is to help you ensure that you have appropriate contractual arrangements in place with the parties that instruct you.
23 December News Review of 2025 review, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence EWI Chief Executive Officer, Simon Berney-Edwards, shares his thoughts on 2025, a year where Expert Witnesses have continued to come under increasing scrutiny.
15 December Podcast Podcast Episode 20: Review of 2025 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 19. Approaching Retirement, AI, 05. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Transparency and Open Justice, 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, Previous Criticism 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 the course of the year. We also check out how our predictions for 2025 turned out, before having another go for 2026 and hearing the 2025 highlights from some of the members of our Editorial Committee.
13 October Day in the life A Day in the Life of a Speech and Language Expert Witness Personal injury, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, Legal Aid, SEND assessment, Educational negligence, Speech and Language Therapist We speak to a consultant Speech and Language Therapist providing assessments for Special Educational Need (SEND) tribunals and writing medicolegal reports for educational negligence and personal injury cases. Here, they tell us more about their Expert Witness work, explains why they find it so meaningful, and how they balance it with their clinical and voluntary commitments.
22 September News Your expert witness CV is not the same as a professional CV 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, CV, CV Writing, 11. Report Writing Top tips and new support available to ensure you remain complaint and provide a good quality CV.