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NLJ this week: Murder & finance—all about the experts

17 March 2023
Issue: 8017 / Categories: Legal News , Expert Witness , Profession , Company , Criminal
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Experts are advised not to amalgamate or exaggerate, when giving evidence, in an expert witness special in this week’s NLJ.

Dr Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, looks at a recent murder case involving contamination of evidence. It serves as a reminder to experts: ‘In cases involving circumstantial evidence, experts must restrict themselves to the primary evidence within their field of expertise. They should not amalgamate evidence, nor look to other forms of circumstantial evidence for corroboration, nor allow this to colour or influence any opinion or conclusions they draw.’ See Dr Pamplin's article here.

Also in this week’s expert witness special, Rakesh Kapila, principal at forensic accountants Sim Kapila, explains the main reasons why joint business ventures end in acrimonious disputes and how a forensic accountant can bring clarity to the situation.

A multitude of things can go wrong, Kapila explains, but there is usually a financial element. Expert accountancy can often assist parties to reach agreement. See his article here.

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
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
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
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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
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