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Rakesh Kapila considers the expert accountant’s role in the assessment of lost pension rights in various types of litigation
It’s all about expert witnesses in NLJ this week, with a special supplement covering the latest topics of note, from switching horses mid-race (expert mid-case) to calculating amounts of lost pension and experts’ exposure to professional negligence actions
An alternative approach to joint expert statements could deliver a far more useful tool for judges, as Jessica Resch, Tim Giles & Maja Glowka explain
Dr Chris Pamplin looks at a recent ECtHR judgment that highlights the unfairness in judicial criticism of expert witnesses & offers a possible solution
Experts opining on subjects outside their specialism risk being hit with a third-party costs order, as David Locke & Giles Colin explain
Recent caselaw has found third party costs orders being made against experts in clinical negligence litigation
Rakesh Kapila explains how forensic accountants can help when disputes arise from the administration of estates
Neil Parpworth examines a case of unfairness in the magistrates’ court
Dr Chris Pamplin analyses the results of a major survey of the expert witness marketplace
Dr Chris Pamplin finds courts are less draconian on delays in evidence where parties are not at fault
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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