Experts who rise above the fray and fully discharge their duties to assist the Court Experts who rise above the fray and fully discharge their duties to assist the Court

Experts who rise above the fray and fully discharge their duties to assist the Court

The case concerned around 40 studio recordings of performances which were given by the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The expert witnesses in...
Praise for experts gives insight into what makes oral evidence credible Praise for experts gives insight into what makes oral evidence credible

Praise for experts gives insight into what makes oral evidence credible

Despite attacks on the expert’s credibility, the judge provided praise for all three experts in the case of Gillian Dakin v South Tees...
Car-Wizard Limited v Vixen Surface Treatments Limited [2026] EWHC 685 (Ch) Car-Wizard Limited v Vixen Surface Treatments Limited [2026] EWHC 685 (Ch)

Car-Wizard Limited v Vixen Surface Treatments Limited [2026] EWHC 685 (Ch)

The claimant asserted misrepresentation and breach of a collateral contract by the defendant in respect of the supply of a vertical diamond cutting...
Unregulated Experts in Family Court Children Proceedings Unregulated Experts in Family Court Children Proceedings

Unregulated Experts in Family Court Children Proceedings

From March to June 2025, the Family Procedure Rule Committee held a consultation on new Family Procedure Rule 25.5A concerning the instruction of...
Working with Expert Witnesses in Clinical Negligence Claims: Practical Considerations and... Working with Expert Witnesses in Clinical Negligence Claims: Practical Considerations and...

Working with Expert Witnesses in Clinical Negligence Claims: Practical Considerations and...

In the fourth article in the Working with expert witnesses series, Michael Kingman from Setfords Solicitors, discusses his experience of...
A Day in the Life of a Housing Disrepair Expert Witness A Day in the Life of a Housing Disrepair Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of a Housing Disrepair Expert Witness

We speak to David Deacon, a chartered surveyor who has spent his career in residential property. He founded Housing Disrepair Surveys, leading a team...

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A Day in the Life of a Speech and Language Expert Witness
Day in the life

A Day in the Life of a Speech and Language Expert Witness

We speak to a consultant Speech and Language Therapist providing assessments for Special Educational Need (SEND) tribunals and writing medicolegal reports for educational negligence and personal injury cases. Here, they tell us more about their Expert Witness work, explains why they find it so meaningful, and how they balance it with their clinical and voluntary commitments.