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In our write up, we capture the highlights from his talk at our networking evening on the 23^rd March.

The 11th Edition of the guide includes some changes to guidance for Expert Evidence

Topics:           Duty to the court

                        Criminal Procedure Rules 19.9

                        Public interest

                        Expert’s declaration

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.

Relevance:     General

A £3 million diamond fraud trial has collapsed at Southwark Crown Court today after Crown Prosecution Service failings in the disclosure of evidence and their Expert Witnesses found to have conflicts of interest.

Relevance:       Negligence

Topics:            Breach of duty

                        Guidelines

Relevance:      General

Topics:            Disclosure of instructions

                        Disclosure of documents relied upon

                        Retention of records of investigations carried out

                        Cooperation with the adverse party’s experts           

                        Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil Claims 2014

                        CPR Part 35

                        TCC Guide

                        Independence

                        Experts meetings

A video recording of the event and speakers’ presentation slides can now be accessed on the Judiciary website.

Relevance:       General

Topics:                         Civil Procedure Rules

                        Reasoning