Expert witness and reports

Where a dispute arises which involves a special form of manufacturing or construction it is common for one or all of the parties involved in the dispute to retain a recognised expert in the particular field under dispute. The expert would normally work for a solicitor employed by a party involved in the dispute and would provide specialist advice to the solicitor and their client. 

Generally this will include production of an ‘expert report’, which is submitted to the court/arbitrator to support their claim. Dave has attended 3 of the prestigious Bond Solon legal training courses, including Expert report writing and giving evidence in court. Note that although retained by one of the conflicting parties, the expert has a duty to be impartial and to provide an honest view to the court/arbitrator.

GWE can provide expert witness services subject to the following conditions:

• The client must give GWE  a full explanation of the matter under consideration 
• The subject matter must fall within the areas where GWE are competent to operate
• Prior to agreeing to act as the expert GWE would require an initial without prejudice meeting with the solicitor and the client to assess the situation and review the available information. From this, GWE would then decide whether they can act as expert in the matter under consideration. In the event that GWE declined to take on the position of expert, confidentiality would be maintained and all technical information given to GWE during the initial meeting would be either handed back or destroyed, as directed by the solicitor.