General Documents

At NEWA, we have complied some really useful guideline documents from various other bodies that can assist you in your expert witness work. Click on the below links for further information:

Rules & Guidance

Civil

• New Expert Witness Guidance
• Civil Procedure Rules Part 35
• Practice Direction 35 (experts & assessors)
• The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023
• New Statement of Truth in the civil courts 2020

Criminal

• Revision to Criminal Procedure Rules for expert reports: 2020
• Criminal Practice Directions: Amendment No. 4 effective from March 2022
• Criminal Procedure Rules Part 35
• Experts Declaration – Criminal Proceedings Update
• CPS Disclosure Manual
• CPS Guidance on Fees
• Criminal Procedure & Investigations Act 1996
• Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2022

Family

• New guidance published for paediatric experts witnesses: August 2018
• Family Procedure Rules Part 35
• The use of experts in the family law

National Annual Expert Witness Survey 2024

• National Expert Witness Survey 2024

ICLR.3 – UK Law Reports & Case Law Search

• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales

Expert Witness Remuneration

• Guidance on the Remuneration of Expert Witnesses

Legal aid cases

• Expert Witnesses in Legal Aid Cases
• Legal Aid Handbook

Code of practice

• From Expert Witness Institute
• From The Academy of Experts

Expert protocol

• From Ministry of Justice

Example expert reports

• Health & Safety Executive

Sources: Expert Witness Institute (EWI), Academy of Experts (AoE), Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Health & Safety Executive (HSE)