Dr Chris Pamplin
Editor
Dr Chris Pamplin is the editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses (jspubs.com; nlj@jspubs.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
Editor
Dr Chris Pamplin is the editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses (jspubs.com; nlj@jspubs.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
With no automatic right to call experts in family proceedings, Dr Chris Pamplin considers how courts balance proportionality, fairness & delay
Who are expert witnesses, what do they do & what do they earn? Dr Chris Pamplin reveals the latest stats
If an expert charges more than the Legal Aid Agency’s fee cap, who covers the shortfall? Dr Chris Pamplin reports
Dr Chris Pamplin explores evidence of fact among ‘the tangled thicket’ of expert evidence
Dr Chris Pamplin looks at a shocking case in which experts failed to spot the claimant’s exaggerations
Rules governing the waiver of privilege over instructions to expert witnesses are frequently misunderstood. Chris Pamplin explains why
Is the unregulated expert still an expert? Who decides? Chris Pamplin investigates
The court remains loathe to admit late expert evidence, no matter its importance in determining the overall issues: Chris Pamplin questions whether there is a need for a more balanced approach
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
NEWS
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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