To become a BEWA member, one should have proven appropriate and specialist experience in a specific sector or sectors of the maritime business. This is, rightly, a high entry standard. It is usually one met by people who have enjoyed a consistent and lengthy career in the industry.
Click here to download a copy of the BEWA Rules & Fees.
Click here to download a membership application form.
For further information about becoming a member of BEWA please contact:
Jackie Harrison, Membership Manager
E: bewa@balticexchange.com
Tel:+44 (0)20 7369 1633
Insurance
It is advisable to procure insurance to cover the remote possibility that a litigant or associated party to the dispute initiates proceedings against the expert. This is extremely rare. Nevertheless, individual, professional indemnity is recommended.
To explore specialist insurance, BEWA suggests contact with the following:
Charlotte Kirk
Director, ITIC
Tel: +44 (0)20 7338 0150
E: Charlotte.kirk@thomasmiller.com
and/or
Karyn Ambridge
Membership Secretary/ Administrator
The Expert Witness Institute (EWI)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7936 2213
E: Karyn.Ambridge@ewi.org.uk
NB: Membership of EWI provides the opportunity of discounted insurance cover
Can I receive any training?
BEWA meets frequently at the Baltic Exchange, inviting a variety of industry practitioners to present short papers on various aspects of the maritime industry, focusing where possible on the role of an expert witness. Senior BEWA members are on hand at these meetings, for informal guidance and advice.
On request, gratis, senior BEWA members offer private mentoring, both generally or within their specialist field, to all other members.
For those interested in professional expert witness training, both Bond Solon and the Expert Witness Institute offer structured courses at the respective published scales of fees of these organisations.
Prospective and existing BEWA members are invited to approach these organisations directly on an individual basis.
Fees
All experts are responsible for setting their fees directly with the instructing party.