Dr Chris Pamplin shares the top line results of the 2013 UK Register of Expert Witnesses survey
As the largest multidisciplinary expert witness community in the UK, the individuals listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses represent an unrivalled source of information on matters of importance to experts and those who instruct them. Since 1995, the register has regularly conducted surveys of its members. The following analysis is based on the latest survey conducted over the summer.
Work status & workload
Of the 340 respondents, 54% work full time and 35% work part time. Only 11% describe themselves as retired. This split has been fairly stable since 2003, when the full-time figure was 51%. Overall, expert witness work accounts, on average, for 40% of their workload. This figure was 37% in 2003 and rose steadily to 46% in 2009 and 45% in 2011. This year’s figure suggests a reduction in the amount of expert witness work being undertaken at present. It is clear, though, that those individuals who responded are still much involved in expert witness work but have an even more
