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NLJ this week: Expert witness special―switching, suing & finding the magic number

08 April 2022
Issue: 7974 / Categories: Legal News , Expert Witness
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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

Dr Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, looks into the court’s power to allow a party to change its expert witness, and how far back this power can reach. He covers a significant case on this issue, involving a fire at a hotel, that was handed down last summer as well as surveying a range of pre-existing caselaw on the subject.

Forensic accountant Rakesh Kapila, of Sim Kapila, covers the crucial role of the expert accountant when assessing lost pension rights in various forms of litigation. Pensions have become increasingly complex over the years. Kapila explains some methods for evaluating losses. 

Mark Solon, chairman, Wilmington Legal & founder, Bond Solon, looks into the High Court’s dismissal of a professional negligence case against a medical expert (Radia v Marks). This has been a source of concern for experts since the 2011 case of Jones v Kaney. Now, Solon writes, they ‘may breathe a sigh of relief’.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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