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
Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson
International arbitration team strengthened by double partner hire
Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine
Firm celebrates trio holding senior regional law society and junior lawyers division roles
Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler
Partner joins commercial and business litigation team in London
NEWS
The Legal Action Group (LAG)—the UK charity dedicated to advancing access to justice—has unveiled its calendar of training courses, seminars and conferences designed to support lawyers, advisers and other legal professionals in tackling key areas of public interest law
Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
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