Mark Solon
Chairman
Mark Solon, chairman, Wilmington Legal & founder, Bond Solon (mark.solon@wilmingtonplc.com; www.wilmingtonplc.com)
Chairman
Mark Solon, chairman, Wilmington Legal & founder, Bond Solon (mark.solon@wilmingtonplc.com; www.wilmingtonplc.com)
Lucy Letby’s defence team’s decision not to call their experts to the stand highlights the potential benefits & risks of oral testimony, says Mark Solon
Mark Solon provides a handy checklist on how to direct experts instructed in overseas cases
Mark Solon explores some of the reasons why experts might feel compelled to forgo their overriding responsibilities to the court
Mark Solon considers the case for brevity as the intermediate track ushers in a new rule
Mark Solon stresses the importance of experts knowing & following the rules
Mark Solon provides a concise guide to early-stage expert reports
Joint statements are not a group activity: Mark Solon warns against improper influence on an expert’s opinion
Experts must comply with the fundamental duty to assist the court, says Mark Solon
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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