| New guidance on child witnesses |
Family Justice Council produce new guidelines on children giving live evidence in family proceedings
The Family Justice Council (FJC) has published new guidelines on chil more...
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| Publication on sale NOW: Expert Psychiatric Evidence by Dr Keith Rix (November 2011) |
| “This is an admirable manual for psychiatrists, indeed for all medical practitioners who choose, or (as often happens) are obliged, to do forensic work and for the lawyers who enlist them. In short, more...
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| Important information on expert fees (October 2011) |
As part of the legal aid reform programme, the LSC is implementing changes to experts' fees on 3 October 2011.
The changes will introduce maximum rates for certain types of expert working i more...
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| 56th and 57th Update to Civil Procedure rules (October 2011) |
| http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/courts-and-tribunals/courts/procedure-rules/civil/index.htm< more...
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| New Publication: Writing Medico Legal Reports in Civil Claims – An Essential Guide (Published September 2011) |
A new guide to writing medico-legal reports in civil claims has been published by Professional Solutions Publications (www.prosols.uk.com).
The guide is written for medical experts who pro more...
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| Family Procedure Rules discussion forum (April 2011)
http://www.resolution.org.uk/members |
| When the new Family Procedure Rules were introduced in April, it was clear that questions and issues might arise from their implementation. Resolution's Standards Committee has therefore introduced a more...
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| New Judgment: Jones v Kaney UKSC 13 (March 2011) |
"Expert witnesses have lost their immunity from being sued over matters arising in the course of proceedings, following a landmark ruling today [30.3.11]
By a majority of five to two, the S more...
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| New CPD for expert witnesses via podcasts |
| A few weeks ago, walking on a beach with my nine-year-old son, we started talking about modern inventions and how some of these stand the test of time while others do not. I asked him if he had eve more...
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| Pro-active safety culture – the role of human behaviour and six essential habits for a world class safety – Dr Tim Marsh |
| Have you ever offered anyone any ‘advice’ unsolicited and had the response “yes please!”? Have you ever even seen or heard of such a response? Even when the advice in question would prove really usefu more...
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| What is a safety culture and how do we develop one? – David Asker Brown – EWI Member |
| “The safety culture of an organisation reflects individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and behaviour patterns. These determine the commitment, style and proficiency of hea more...
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| Making the Health Care System truly ‘Error Tolerant’ – Captian Timothy Crowch |
| Increasingly over recent years, a growing number of organisations, particularly those operating within complex industries, have been turning toward civil aviation for assistance in establishing modern more...
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PLEA BARGAINING INTRODUCED FOR CERTAIN FRAUD CASES
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| On 5 May 2009 new guidelines come into operation introducing "plea agreements" into England and Wales for cases of serious and complex fraud. These plea agreements will be made between prosecution an more...
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PROVING YOU HAVE NO 'HIDDEN ASSETS'
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| In the context of confiscation proceedings one of the greatest dangers to a defendant is that the prosecutor will allege the existence of 'hidden assets'. In the nature of things the prosecutor canno more...
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