17 May News EWI Annual Conference 2024: Closing address focuses on the evolving Expert Witness and the challenges this brings Bias, 10. Report Writing, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The Hon. Mrs. Justice Bacon delivered her closing address on how the role of the Expert Witness has evolved in modern litigation and the challenges this presents for experts, those instructing them, and judges alike.
8 August Case Updates Palmer v Mantas [2022] EWHC 90 (QB) Part 35, Personal injury, Bias, Language, Exaggeration / Dishonesty, Preparation for a personal injury assessment, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Mind your language and avoid pre-judging the claimant”
14 November News Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
25 October Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can your paper trail be followed?”
15 July News The good, the bad and the ugly: Coldunell Limited V Hotel Management International Ltd Expert evidence, Impartiality, Conflicts of interest, Bias, Independence, Oral testimony, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Judgment highlights a partisan expert, excellent practice from three experts, and the lengths the other side might go to discredit your expert evidence.
25 January News Experts warned over bias and use of language in recent judgment Bias, 14. Giving Oral Evidence A high-court judge reminds experts of their duties to the court.
22 November Case Updates JAMES STEPHEN AND ANOTHER AS JOINT LIQUIDATORS OF RFC 2012 PLC FOR ORDERS UNDER PARAGRAPH 75 OF SCHEDULE B1 TO THE INSOLVENCY ACT 1986 [2021] ScotCS CSOH 99 Conflicts of interest, Bias, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 15. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General
26 August Case Updates C v DT [2021] SC GLA 37, 2021 WL 02169444 Bias, Forced marriage, Socio-cultural evidence, Records, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Topics: Forced marriage Socio-cultural evidence Records Bias
26 August Case Updates Beattie Passive Norse Limited v Canham Consulting Limited [2021] EWHC 1414 (TCC), 2021 WL 02170994 Bias, Independence, Objectivity, Expert's duty, 05. Rules and Regulations, 15. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General Topics: Experts’ duties Independence Bias Objectivity
24 August Case Updates Beattie Passive Norse Limited v Canham Consulting Limited [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC) Bias, Independence, Language, Objectivity, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General Topics: Independence Objectivity Language Bias