Expert Witness Services
Expert Services International provides expert witness services across sixteen jurisdictions spanning the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. Each jurisdiction maintains distinct legal frameworks, procedural rules and professional standards governing expert evidence in construction and infrastructure disputes. Select a jurisdiction below to explore our detailed guide to the applicable expert witness framework.
International Practice
Construction and infrastructure disputes operate within different legal frameworks and procedural requirements in each jurisdiction. The guides below cover the expert witness framework applicable in each location, including the legal system (common law or civil law), governing legislation, court and tribunal procedures, arbitration institutions and their rules, and the role of expert evidence in each forum.
Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region encompasses significant construction and infrastructure markets. The guides below cover the applicable frameworks in each jurisdiction, including the distinction between common law and civil law systems and how that affects expert witness practice and dispute resolution.
Federal Court General Practice Note (GPN-EXPT), Harmonised Expert Witness Code of Conduct 2015, state and territory supreme courts and tribunals, Commercial Arbitration Acts, ACICA and Resolution Institute arbitration, security of payment adjudication. Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), High Court Practice Direction on expert evidence, Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses, Construction and Arbitration List, HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules. Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts.
View jurisdiction guide →International Arbitration Act (Cap. 143A), Order 40A Rules of Court, Supreme Court Practice Directions, SIAC Rules 2025, Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act 2005 (amended 2024), Order 40A Rules of Court 2012, Construction Court, AIAC Arbitration Rules, CIPAA 2012 (Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act). Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Law 1994 (amended 2017), Construction Law 1997, CIETAC Rules 2024, judicial appraisal system, BAC (Beijing Arbitration Commission). Civil law jurisdiction using court-appointed appraisal institutions; party-appointed experts in international arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (amended 2019), Indian Evidence Act 1872, Commercial Courts Act 2015, MCIA (Mumbai), DIAC (Delhi), Real Estate Act 2016. Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts.
View jurisdiction guide →Law No. 30 of 1999 on Arbitration and ADR, Construction Services Law 2017, BANI (Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia) Rules 2025. Civil law jurisdiction with court-appointed experts; party-appointed experts in international arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act 2003 (amended 2023), Code of Civil Procedure, JCAA Rules, JIDRC, Construction Dispute Review Committees (Kensetsu Funso Shinsa Kai). Civil law jurisdiction using court-appointed experts (kanteinin); party-appointed experts in international arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 2004, Rules of Court, CIAC (Construction Industry Arbitration Commission), Executive Order No. 1008, PDRCI Rules, court-annexed mediation. Mixed legal system (civil and common law); party-appointed experts recognised.
View jurisdiction guide →Korean Arbitration Act (amended 2016), Civil Procedure Act, Framework Act on the Construction Industry, KCAB International Arbitration Rules. Civil law jurisdiction using court-appointed experts (gamdeongin); party-appointed experts in international arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act (amended 2015), Code of Civil Procedure, CAA (Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei) Arbitration Rules, Construction Industry Act, Public Construction Commission. Civil law jurisdiction using court-appointed experts; party-appointed experts in arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Arbitration Act B.E. 2545 (2002), Civil Procedure Code, Thai Arbitration Institute (TAI), Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC), Central IP and International Trade Court. Civil law jurisdiction with court-appointed assessors; party-appointed experts in international arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010, Construction Law 2014 (amended 2020), Law on Judicial Expertise 2012, VIAC Rules. Civil law jurisdiction with court-appointed forensic experts; party-appointed experts in international arbitration.
View jurisdiction guide →Europe & North America
The United Kingdom, United States and Canada are common law jurisdictions (Quebec operates a civil law system for private matters) with well-established expert witness and dispute resolution practices supported by statutory frameworks and extensive case law.
Arbitration Act 1996, Civil Procedure Rules Part 35, Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, Technology and Construction Court (TCC), CIArb, LCIA. Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts and a paramount duty to the court.
View jurisdiction guide →Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 702, Daubert standard for expert admissibility, Federal Arbitration Act 1925, AAA Construction Arbitration Rules, ICDR Rules. Common law jurisdiction with party-appointed experts and expert admissibility standards.
View jurisdiction guide →Federal Commercial Arbitration Act, White Burgess test for expert admissibility, provincial Rules of Court, CCDC standard forms, BC Arbitration Act 2020, Ontario Arbitration Act 1991. Common law jurisdiction (Quebec civil law) with party-appointed experts.
View jurisdiction guide →International Practice
Expert Services International can provide services across all sixteen jurisdictions listed above. Our consultants are experienced in applying the procedural requirements, codes of conduct and professional standards of each jurisdiction, and in understanding the practical requirements of serving as expert witness in different legal systems. Whether your dispute is proceeding in Asian-Pacific, European or North American forums, we bring specialist knowledge of the particular framework applicable in that location.
