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12 November 2021 / Dr Chris Pamplin
Issue: 7956 / Categories: Features , Profession , Expert Witness
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Expert analysis

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Dr Chris Pamplin analyses the results of a major survey of the expert witness marketplace
  • It is now exceptional for experts to have to appear in court in fast-track cases, and it is becoming less likely in the multi-track.
  • Impact of COVID-19 on forensic practice.

As a large multidisciplinary expert witness community in the UK, the experienced individuals listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses represent a valuable source of information on matters of importance to experts and those who instruct them. Since 1995, the Register has regularly conducted surveys of its expert witnesses. The following analysis is based on the latest survey conducted over the summer.

The experts

Of the 209 experts who responded by the end of July 2021, 94 were medical practitioners. Of the remaining experts, 34 were engineers, 15 were in professions ancillary to medicine, 9 were accountants or bankers, 11 had scientific, veterinary or agricultural qualifications, 8 were surveyors or valuers and 14 were architects or building experts. The ‘others’ category totalled 24 experts.

Experience & outlook

We asked respondents to say for

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

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International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

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NEWS
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Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
NLJ this week: When are experts truly ‘necessary’?
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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