- What does an expert need from their instructing solicitor
- What does an instructing solicitor need from their surveyor
Seminar
RICS Matrics Cornwall: Seminar - Work as an Expert Witness in civil litigation disputes
Thu 23 Jan 2025
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17:15 -
18:45 GMT
Hotel Vara 49 Falmouth Rd, Truro TR1 2HL
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£3 + VAT
£3 Ticket donated to Lionheart
Overview
Spend a relaxed evening with Scott Harrington from DM Hall Chartered Surveyors and Kayleigh Whitman from Coodes solicitors discussing how to make the best of being an expert witness.
Key topics
- What are the strengths of a good expert witness?
- Who is suited to working as an expert witness?
- What to include and not to include, report format, fact, opinion and declaration
- Anticipate your cross-examination when you are undertaking your inspection
- Prepare, prepare, prepare
- Know your report
- Payments into court
- Procedure of evidence at court
- Role of solicitor
- Role of barristers
- What to expect
- Expert’s involvement at court beyond giving own evidence
- Examples and stories from trials
- Examples of good evidence and not so good evidence
Ticket cost is a £3 Donation to the RICS Lionheart Charity which supports the surveying profession, from new entrants like APC candidates and apprentices, through to retirement - plus their families.
As always any issues or queries please don’t hesitate to reach out to:
Tom Howard (Cornwall Matrics Committee member)
Tom Howard MRICS | LinkedIn
Kasia Drinkwater (Cornwall Matrics Chair)
Kasia Drinkwater MRICS | LinkedIn
Photographs may be taken at this event. If you do not wish to be photographed, please make the Matrics host and/or photographer aware.
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