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NLJ this week: Expert witness focus including instructing reports & managing multiple experts

22 September 2023
Issue: 8041 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Expert Witness
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In an NLJ focus on expert witnesses, this week’s issue features forensic accountant Rakesh Kapila’s insightful article into the many ways experts can work together, as well as Simon Berney-Edwards advice for those instructing experts on care

Kapila, principal at Sim Kapila, offers advice for ensuring all relevant experts, who may be trained in vastly different fields, are ‘on the same page’ and aware of each other’s work in order to maximise consistency throughout the case.

Berney-Edwards, chief executive officer at the Expert Witness Institute, highlights some key lessons to learn from a recent judgment by Mr Justice Cotter in a case where a tree surgeon suffered spinal fractures and a care expert was asked to provide a report.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

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