17 March Rules and Regulations New edition of the Commercial Court Guide issue The 11th Edition of the guide includes some changes to guidance for Expert Evidence
11 March Industry News £225k worth of Expert Evidence revoked due to conduct of Expert Witness Claimants’ expert conferred with and sought opinions from the Claimants’ solicitors on issues relevant to ongoing joint expert discussions and the joint statement.
10 March Industry News Case Review Managers - Criminal Cases Review Commission The Criminal Cases Review Commission are looking for a number of people to join us as Case Review Managers on a permanent basis.
14 February Industry News Fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims The government has announced a consultation into a new scheme to enable claimants and defendants to achieve faster resolution of ‘lower value’ clinical negligence claims (claims valued up to and including £25,000) at a lower, more proportionate cost than under the current system.
25 January Starting your Expert Witness Business Experts warned over bias and use of language in recent judgment A high-court judge reminds experts of their duties to the court.
24 January Industry News Forensic Science Regulator Draft Code for comment The Forensic Science Regulator has made a draft of the core part of the single statutory code available for informal comment.
22 December Industry News Latest newsletter from the Forensic Science Regulator The December 2021 issue of his Newsletter (Issue 37) has now been published.
14 December Rules and Regulations English courts send a message to experts (and their instructing solicitors) Expert evidence can be crucial to the success, or failure, of a construction dispute; for example, a case can turn on a judge’s preference for one expert’s delay analysis over the other. Consequently, as Huw Wilkins explains, it is important that experts, as well as instructing solicitors and clients, understand the rules regulating expert evidence in dispute resolution procedures.