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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
Mark Solon narrates a tale of two experts
‘Admitting expert evidence very late in the day is a fraught business,’ writes Dr Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, in this week’s NLJ. He looks at the case of Shetty v Pennine Acute Hospitals as a case in point. There, the witness statement was ten months late
Never underestimate the importance of properly instructing expert witnesses, writes Mark Solon, founder, Bond Solon, in this week’s NLJ. He recounts a cautionary tale of high fashion, demanding celebrities and an expert witness who, as the judge put it, ‘did not fare well in the witness box’
Dr Chris Pamplin considers the test of reasonableness under CPR 35.1 when calling expert evidence
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