Experts – 2024 update

An expert has the ability to make or break a claim. Experts have been in the news more and more this year, from the Lucy Letby case to a leading London law firm having to apologise to the High Court and opposing party after going too far in asking an expert to amend a joint statement. Part 35 has been with us for a quarter of a century, yet serious breaches regularly occur.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

• How to get reports struck out
• The essential ingredients of a viable report
• Must my expert demonstrate a balanced workload of claimant and defendant instructions?
• The Single Joint expert
• Must medical agencies reveal what the doctor charged?
• How to locate a decent expert
• Why an executive summary at the start of a report is a bad idea