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Are the Courts getting into the Hot Tub?

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An article published in the most recent edition of the Expert Witness Journal by Alison Somek and Nick Deal (Expert Witness Trainer, Bond Solon), looks at the recent study carried out by the Civil Justice Council and the recent experience of a Somek & Associates expert who found herself in the ‘hot tub’.

From 1^st April 2013, the civil courts in England and Wales have been able to hear expert evidence con-currently. In 2016, the Civil Justice Council carried out a study to see what was happening in practice. This article looks at that study, at recent experience and makes some suggestions for the future.

To read the article in full please download the pdf here.

To see the latest issue of The Expert Witness Journal please click here.

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