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
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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