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A sigh of relief for expert witnesses: Mark Solon welcomes the High Court’s judgment in Radia v Marks

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

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NLJ Career Profile: Bridget Tatham, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

Bridget Tatham, partner at Browne Jacobson and 2026 president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, highlights the importance of hard work, ambition and seizing opportunities

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

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Stress at work for corporate counsel

One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Chancery Lane says no to LeO

The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers

Human rights concerns for patients, prisoners & immigration detainees

Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned

Licensing fast-track for conveyancing & probate professionals

Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals

Stress at work? Join the (employment tribunal claim) queue

Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace

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Expert Witness

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Bridget Tatham, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments