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Evie Toombes v Dr Mitchell [2021] EWHC 3234 (QB): Key Lessons for Expert Witnesses Across...

The decision in Evie Toombes v Dr Mitchell [2021] EWHC 3234 (QB) offers important lessons for expert witnesses across all disciplines. Although the...
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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...
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X and Y (Care Proceedings: Fact Finding: Death of a Child: Expert Evidence), Re [2025]...

This was a fact finding hearing into the death of a young child. The Judge found that the neurologist expert witness failed to discharge his duties as...
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Guidance on the Remuneration of Expert Witnesses in Crime Cases

The Legal Aid Agency ('LAA') has issued Guidance on the Remuneration of Expert Witnesses in Crime Cases.
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Diclofenac and the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis

Although the detail of this judgment is for diabetologists and gastroenterologists it is of general interest with regard to its treatment of...
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Restrictions on unregulated Experts in Family Law Children Proceedings

The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 amend the Family Procedure Rules 2010 to restrict unregulated experts from acting as expert witnesses in...
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Podcast Episode 27: A case that changed me - Tony Saggers

In this month's in 'A case that changed me' we are talking with Tony Saggers who is a Threat, Risk and Harm consultant, with 30 years of...
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Advocate Economists and the Competition Appeal Tribunal

At a recent Frontier Economics Litigation event, the President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, The Honourable Mrs Justice Bacon, warned that...
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A Day in the Life of a General Practitioner Expert Witness

Dr Frances Cranfield is a GP, Assistant Coroner, and a founding member of the Expert Witness Institute. With three decades of experience spanning...
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Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness

This month, on the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at the issues and challenges of being an expert advisor versus an expert witness, and...
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Podcast Episode 25: Preview of the EWI Annual Conference 2026

This month on the Expert Matters Podcast, we preview the EWI  Annual Conference which will be held virtually on 19 June 2026. We look at some of...
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A Day in the Life of a Housing Disrepair Expert Witness

We speak to David Deacon, a chartered surveyor who has spent his career in residential property. He founded Housing Disrepair Surveys, leading a team...

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Why not check out the webinars we have planned for the Autumn?

Topics include Reliable Expert Evidence, Assessing witness credibility, Single Joint experts, and Digital expert evidence.

 

Reliable expert evidence: lessons from the courts
27 Sep 2022, 6:00PM-7:00PM, Webinar
Join us for this session where we will look at the key things that experts and those instructing experts need to consider to ensure evidence is not rejected by the courts.

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Assessment of “Credibility in PI cases”
29 Sep 2022, 6:00PM-7:00PM, Webinar
Join us as Professor Hugh Koch explores the issues pertaining to detecting deception and unreliability when providing expert opinion in Personal Injury cases.

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Single Joint Experts
05 Oct 2022, 6:00PM-7:00PM, Webinar
Beth Rigby reviews the rules and regulations when acting as a Single Joint Expert.

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Digital Evidence; the use of ESI (Electronically Stored Information)
18 Oct 2022, 6:00PM-7:00PM, Webinar
As time passes, the amount of data involved in investigations and information requests is still growing at a steady rate, as is the stringency of data-related regulations. Both have a significant impact on almost every corporate/internal investigation and the way this is presented in court.

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