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30 January 2026 / Dr Chris Pamplin
Issue: 8147 / Categories: Features , Profession , Expert Witness
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Expert analysis

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Who are expert witnesses, what do they do & what do they earn? Dr Chris Pamplin reveals the latest stats
  • Data for 2025 sets out the professions, workload and experience of expert witnesses, as well as the nature of their work, and the fees they command.
  • This article examines the notable changes since the UK Register of Expert Witnesses started carrying out surveys in 1995.

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 our most recent survey, which was conducted last summer.

The experts

Of the 240 experts who responded, 90 were medical practitioners. Of the remaining experts, 41 were engineers, 15 were in professions ancillary to medicine, 17 were accountants or bankers, 26 had scientific qualifications, 12 were surveyors or valuers,

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