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EWJ Issue 66 April 2026
- Jun 2, 2026
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Hello and welcome to our April issue, the main focus of which is Negligence. You can view the issue here:
Expert Witness Journal Issue 66 - Negligence
In the UK, negligence is defined as the failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would in similar circumstances. To establish negligence, the claimant must prove four key elements: Duty of Care, Breach of Duty, Causation and Loss.
In this issue we cover the main areas of negligence that involve expert witness work including the following articles: Is contributory negligence really a low hanging fruit? By Professor Piers Page, trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Swansea Bay University; Testing the Evidence, Not the Expert by Dr Carolina Stamboulid, Founder and Scientific Evidence Analyst at Epistémé Scientific Consulting; Judgement, Evidence and Hindsight: An expert’s approach to assessing auditor negligence by Divya Devadoss at Crowe; Negligence by Omission: The Role of Professional Curiosity in Mental Health Care by Alexandra Penfold at Somek & Associates and Tender Delays in Clinical Negligence Claims: Court of Session Sets a Firm Line by Rachel Robertson & Jenny Dickson at Morton Fraser MacRoberts.
Maria Morris, Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist and Expert Witness at Circle Case Management discusses how vocational experts guide courts and tribunals in The Architecture of Employability and Dominique Smith at Deka Chambers explains the factual basis of a cross-border clinical negligence claim and provides analysis about the significance of the judgment in Ashamu v Get Slim in Turkey.
To mark the 30th anniversary of Expert Witness as a publisher of experts to the UK legal market we held a conference with Richard Edwards of Richard Edwards Solicitors. You can read all about it on page 5.
Our next issue will be published in June 2026 and will have a medical personal injury focus, if you would like to contribute to this or future issues please get in touch.