FAQ
Full details on getting listed as an expert witness in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, the application process, the vetting procedure, the three service levels, what it costs, the Controlled distribution system we use to put member experts’ details in front of the key UK litigation lawyers and our publication cycle, head to the Getting Listed page
For a complete list of the services, many of which are free, that make membership of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses unbeatable value for money, head to the Services page
Experts in England and Wales are in the unhappy position of having to use different Statements of Truth in reports directed at the civil, crime and family courts. To help you get the wording correct every time, we list exactly what is required... Statements of Truth
About Debt Collection for Expert Witnesses
Debt Collection for Expert Witnesses has been set up, and is run, by Barry Pamplin, the father of the editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. It offers a no-nonsense way to deal with recalcitrant solicitor debtors for debts greater than £750 where you have tried the usual debt collection processes without success and don’t particularly want future instructions from the solicitor.
The debt collection fee is based on results – usually a flat 18.5% of fees recovered. If the collection is unsuccessful, you don’t pay a thing.
E-mail [email protected] if you wish to discuss any invoices you think might be suitable for this service.
Codes and symbols used in the Register
Codes and symbols are used throughout the list of expert witnesses to represent various categories of information. Within the body of an entry you may see any of the following:
- Telephone
- F
- Fax
- E
- E-mail
- W
- Website
- Dx
- Document exchange
- G
- Geographical limits
- L
- Languages spoken (in addition to English)
In addition, any combination of the following symbols may appear alongside entries to indicate that the expert:
- is prepared to discuss a potential instruction by telephone for 10 minutes free of charge
- has lodged a profile sheet
- has lodged a CV
- is prepared to undertake legally aided work
- is prepared to be instructed in criminal cases
- is prepared to be instructed as a single joint expert.
Finally, one of the following symbols may appear for medical practitioners who are prepared to be instructed as expert witnesses in cases alleging medical malpractice:
- only on behalf of the medical attendant
- only on behalf of the patient
- on behalf of either the medical attendant or the patient.