The Importance of Independence of Expert Witnesses
18 October 2002
Renaissance Hotel, Reading
Independence of Experts: a prerequisite for justice?
Marion Simmons QC
Sighted Justice: ethics of the Expert Witness in practice
Professor Geoffrey Beresford Hartwell, SEW Vice-Chairman, Consulting Engineer
Role of the Expert Bodies
Frazer Imrie, Forensic Biologist
Building a Culture of Independence in the Public Section: accreditation and representation
Alan Kershaw, Chief Executive, CRFP
Role of the Private Sector in Support of the Public Sector
Brian Thompson, Company Secretary of the Expert Witness Institute
Barrister’s View of Experts
Philip Newman, Vice-Chairman of the Academy of Experts, Barrister
What is an Expert? The Three I’s in Perspective
Professor Gordon Stirrat, Deputy Chairman, Academy of Experts
The Many Facets of ADR
Eur Ing Henry Rowson, Chairman of the IChemE’s Disputes Resolution Panel
Breaking Into Mediation
Andy Grossman, Director of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
Role of the Mediator
Corbett Haselgrove-Spurin, course leader of the LLM in Commercial Dispute Resolution at the Law School University of Glamorgan
Practical Problems – Pragmatic Solutions
Guy Cottam, past Deputy Chairman and also Secretary of the Academy of Expert Witnesses
Open Forum