The Expert Witness Institute is a UK legal institute for expert witnesses founded by

Lord Woolf Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, (born 2 May 1933) is a British life peer and retired barrister and judge. He was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional R ...

, Michael Davies (judge) and other legal experts including Sir Robin Jacob and Roger V Clements. It was incorporated as a non-profit making company in 1997. The Institute developed views on the

Ambush defence An ambush defence is one in which defence evidence - notably from expert witnesses - has not been adduced in advance to the prosecuting authorities, leading to their inability to rebut it. The term is used in United Kingdom jurisprudence. Since 1987 ...

in 1994 Joint Conference entitled "Beyond reasonable doubt" organised with the

Royal Society of Medicine The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society in the United Kingdom, headquartered in London. History The Society was established in 1805 as Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, meeting in two rooms in barristers’ chambers ...

.Medicines, Medical Devices and the Law John O'Grady, Ian Dobbs-Smith, Nigel Walsh --2011 Page 365 "At the conference the following year, the Expert Witness Institute was launched by Lord Woolf, its President. Its foundation appears to have been universally welcomed and there have been over 700 applications for membership. "

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