The Regulation of Expert Witnesses
11 May 2007
London Marriott Maida Vale Hotel
Session 1: The Regulatory Landscape
Moderator: Bill O’Brian, Associate Professor, Warwick Law School
Plotting the Present
Tim Vogel, Experts Working Group, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales
Dr Stephanie Bown, Director of Communications, Medical Protection Society
Jane O’Brien, Head of Standards & Ethics, General Medical Council
Adam Williamson, Manager, Adjudicator & Expert Witness, Royal Institute of British Architects
Into the Unknown
Neil Roarty, Past President, Institution of Automotive Engineers & Assessors
Graham Paterson, Manager, President’s List, Institution of Engineering & Technology
Keith Underhill, Trustee, Institute of Occupational Health & Safety
Session 2: Trends in Regulation
The Way Forward (with the above speakers)
Cases from the SEW Helpline
Richard Cory-Pearce, Surgeon & SEW Secretary
Session 3: The Regulatory Challenge
Moderator: Tom Magner, SEW Press Officer, Forensic Engineer
How Truly Independent can an Expert Be?
Panel members include:
Dr M E Jan Wise, Chair MBA Medico Legal Committee; Ted Allen, Senior Automotive Engineer; Carol Moore, Psychologist; Joseph Oppenheimer and Gabe, University of Bristol Innocence Project; Dr Evan Harris MP, Member, House of Commons Science & Technolgy Select Committee.
On film: Michael Mansfield QC, Barrister and Mr Justice Andrew Collins QC, Lead Judge of the Administrative Division of the High Court
Back to Basics
5 October 2007
Cranage Hall, Cheshire
Session 1: Setting up the Relationship
This session shows how a simple, stepwise approach to setting up each expert witness appointment prevents most problems and ensures the expert's position is safeguarded.
Session 2: The Report
There's been an explosion in the number of rules, directions, protocols and guides that apply to the form and structure of the expert's report and this session will provide ready access to them within the framework of what makes for a good report
Session 3: Meetings of Experts
This session will explain the background to the various provisions for meetings to be held and provide guidance on how to get the best out of them and how to deal with the common barriers to a productive meeting
Session 4: Conference with Counsel
Conference with counsel is an important opportunity to help ensure the partisan approach of the lawyers doesn't compromise the expert's ability to provide non-partisan, independent opinion testimony. This session explains what the barrister wants and how the expert's opinion can be protected from distortion.