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12 November 2021 / Dr Chris Pamplin
Issue: 7956 / Categories: Features , Profession , Expert Witness
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Dr Chris Pamplin analyses the results of a major survey of the expert witness marketplace
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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

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