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NLJ this week: A tale of two experts

15 October 2021
Issue: 7952 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Expert Witness
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Never underestimate the importance of properly instructing expert witnesses, writes Mark Solon, founder, Bond Solon, in this week’s NLJ. He recounts a cautionary tale of high fashion, demanding celebrities and an expert witness who, as the judge put it, ‘did not fare well in the witness box’

By contrast, the expert for the opposing side did not put a foot wrong. Solon looks at the problems arising from the poorly instructed expert’s evidence and the lessons that can be learned.

He concludes: ‘It really doesn’t help the case if the lacunae are revealed in oral evidence.’ 

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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