Expert witness

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Making the solicitor-expert witness relationship work

Solicitor Catherine Leech and expert witness Robert Sells consider how to forge a fruitful partnership in an increasingly unfavourable environment

Cinderella law is not the answer

The proposed new legislation to protect children from emotional abuse may cause more problems than it solves, says Graham Rogers

Timetabling in the wake of Jackson and Mitchell

Experts are cherry picking cases and building slack into their timetables as the reforms intended to reduce waste and costs threaten to have the opposite effect, says Mark Solon

Whiplash and co: a different slant

Medical experts need to be aware of the underlying pathology of cases in order to make an accurate diagnosis, says Richard Scott-Watson

Government unveils new quality assurance standards for family experts

Experts still expected to seek feedback under new rules to come into force in April 2014

New family experts' standard should include core skills

All witnesses appearing as 'experts' in family proceedings should meet minimum professional requirements, says Mark Solon

Experts | Drawing a line in boundary disputes

Experts can help keep parties in boundary disputes out of court, and their use is only going to increase, believes Mangala Murali

Experts | Medical experts must find a happy medium

Medical experts are almost always needed in clinical negligence litigation, but their role could change after Jackson, even in high-value litigation, says Jeanette Aspinall