Latest Expert Witness News

Witnesses to be summoned to court via text message
03/02/2012 10:32:48
Edinburgh Sheriff Court in Scotland is to pilot a text message scheme to increase witness attendance. As part of scheme, witnesses are sent a text message a few days before they are due to attend court, as figures reveal one in five fail to turn up.

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Medical Negligence Expert supports House of Lords Legal Aid warnings
01/02/2012 15:06:10
Oxford-based medical negligence specialist,Darbys Solicitors, is backing peers from the House of Lords, who spokeout earlier this month against the removal of the provision of Legal Aidfor claimants in medical negligence cases.

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One store or two, retail expert witness tells probe
27/01/2012 08:55:18
A retail palnning expert told a planning inquiry he could ‘see no overriding need’ for a Tesco superstore in an area of Sheffield situated close to a  proposed Asda store.

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Reform to solicitors to give customers greater choice
18/01/2012 13:37:46
From this January consumers and businesses should have found solicitors’ firms more competitive, more accessible and more efficient following new reforms to legal services.

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HSBC introduces approved solicitors list for conveyancing
12/01/2012 11:38:57
Homebuyers who take a mortgage from HSBC will be forced to use one of a panel of 43 firms approved by the bank, to do their legal work,. Or face paying more for their conveyancing, after a change in the lender's rules. Previously, customers could choose their own conveyancing solicitor and the firm would act for HSBC and the buyer.

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