Chris Pamplin explains why new guidance should be required reading for all expert witnesses & those who instruct them
The long-awaited update to the 2007 Protocol for the Instruction of Experts to give Evidence in Civil Claims (written by the Civil Justice Council (CJC)) is with us at last. Renamed Guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims, it leaves much of the original guidance in place but adds some new material in areas that have changed, or been introduced, since 2007. This short series works through the new guidance drawing out the key points for experts, providing a refresher on the guidance that has not changed, and an introduction to the areas that have.
- References in the form (para 1) represent the paragraph number in the new guidance.
- New material is in bold.
Purpose
The purpose of the guidance is now to allow litigants, experts and those who instruct them to “… understand best practice in complying with Part 35 and court orders”. In the original, the purpose was to provide “. .. clear guidance
