{"id":3649,"date":"2026-09-01T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=3649"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:28:14","slug":"ehrac-guide-to-instructing-expert-witnesses","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/resources\/ehrac-guide-to-instructing-expert-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Instructing Expert Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adaddc635575\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p>Expert witnesses can play a vital, even determinative, role in a case. An expert witness can explain and assess complex scientific or technical evidence or provide significant contextual analysis that can be central to the successful litigation of a case. EHRAC has instructed experts in a number of its cases across the region, including in Dzidzava v Russia (concerning the mass expulsion of Georgian nationals from Russia between September 2006 and January 2007).<\/p>\n<p>This Guide provides assistance to lawyers as to why, when and how to instruct an expert in international litigation.<\/p>\n<p>The English and Russian versions of this guide were updated in August 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4zKmU3H\">English: EHRAC Guide to Instructing Expert Witnesses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qOTYU1\">Russian ( \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439): \u0420\u0443\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043f\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439-\u044d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0432<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier versions of this guide are available in Azerbaijani, Georgian and Ukrainian.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/49nxlii\">Azerbaijani (EKSPERT-\u015eAH\u0130DL\u018fR\u0130N C\u018fLB OLUNMASINA DA\u0130R B\u018fl\u018fD\u00c7\u0130)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/49p8U3S\">Georgian (\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10e3\u10da\u10d8): \u10d4\u10e5\u10e1\u10de\u10d4\u10e0\u10e2\u10d8 \u10db\u10dd\u10ec\u10db\u10d4\u10d4\u10d1\u10d8\u10e1 \u10d8\u10dc\u10e1\u10e2\u10e0\u10e3\u10e5\u10e2\u10d0\u10df\u10d8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4p6ISHg\">Ukrainian (\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439): \u041f\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0431\u043d\u0438\u043a EHRAC \u0456\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0435\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0456\u0432<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adaddc6359fb\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"left\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'>  <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expert witnesses can play a vital, even determinative, role in a case. 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