The start of 2016 saw anticipated revised guidelines in environmental health. For the first time, courts in England and Wales have comprehensive sentencing guidelines covering the most commonly sentenced health and safety offences and food safety offences. Nobody enjoys the dire effects of food poisoning and the mere thought of consuming contaminated food, rings several […]
With whiplash claims and compensation being heavily discussed in the UK’s news, we ask Calogero Boccadutri, the Managing Partner of Boccadutri International Law Firm, on how Italy is progressing with Personal Injury law and how their legal system’s biggest flaw, is somewhat their greatest asset. When handling complex litigation claims involving serious injuries, fatalities […]
On top of offering outstanding services in the pensions realm, our next expert witness is often called to assist in pension division and sharing matters. Here to talk Lawyer monthly through his role in this field, discussing the variables in divorce cases, and touching on the legislation that has changed the landscape of pensions law […]
Moving on to the topic of valuations and chartered surveying, here Campbell D Ferguson, FRICS, the Director of Survey Spain, a firm that has been carrying out valuations throughout Spain for the last 13+ years, discusses the valuation considerations expert witnesses have to make in the specialised field of chartered surveying. What is the […]
Though commonly mediation is an optional method of resolving disputes between litigious parties, in Hong Kong, attending mediation is highly encouraged in most civil proceedings. Over the next few pages, Sylvia Siu JP, a Consultant from Hong Kong’s Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum (SFKS), delivers a thorough analysis of the East Asian nation’s judiciary system, […]
Bankruptcy is a serious wall to hit for any business, but what solutions are available and which is more appropriate for certain scenarios? Lawyer Monthly here speaks to Craig Kelley, Esquire, Senior and Managing Partner at Kelley & Fulton, P.L. in Florida, US, who details what the possible avenues might be, and tells us a […]
Expert witnesses provide valuable information in court to help settle medical negligence claims; their input can dramatically affect medico-legal cases. Orthopaedic Surgeon and Disability Analyst, Richard Scott-Watson writes over 1,000 medico-legal reports per year and here talks about what makes an expert witness a true expert, the complications behind disability claims analyses, and the importance […]
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