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Podcast Episode 5: Range of Opinion
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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 expertmatters@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 expertmatters@ewi.org.uk. 

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