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18 September 2015 / Mark Solon
Issue: 7668 / Categories: Features , Expert Witness , Profession
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Experts gathering

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Mark Solon previews the 21st Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference

Expert witnesses are gathering again at the annual Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference on Friday 6 November 2015 at The Church House Conference Centre, Westminster. The conference opens with The Right Hon Lord Hughes, Justice of the Supreme Court. Now in its 21st year, the conference attracts the largest group of expert witnesses in the UK.

There have been many changes in the expert witness landscape over the past two or three years that have had direct consequences on the working practices for civil, criminal and family law experts.

MedCo

Perhaps the biggest change in personal injury for several years has been the creation of MedCo. This has introduced a completely new system of sourcing expert witnesses. Set up in late 2014, MedCo is responsible for the implementation and running of the government’s policy of randomly sourcing trained and accredited experts to prepare medical reports in soft tissue injury claims.

In 2012, the Prime Minister’s office issued a statement calling Britain the “whiplash capital of

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