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Cadogans Engineering Expertise Forensic Engineers Are you involved in a technical dispute? At Cadogans, we have the knowledge and experience to help you. Difficult and complex? It's what we're here for. • Any Country • Any Discipline • Any Dispute Resolution       Process Call: 0141 270 7060 www.cadogans.com     Chris Makin Chartered Accountant Accredited Mediator Chartered Accountant with 20 years experience as Forensic Accountant and Expert Witness at national firm partner level; Mediator for 10 years; high settlement rate. For a FREE initial discussion with no obligation... Call: 01924 495888 or 07887 660072 www.chrismakin.co.uk (Mediation Services) www.tfac.co.uk (Forensic & Expert Witness Services)     A J M Birnie Consultant Orthopeadic Surgeon Specialist in backache, neckache and whiplash injuries. Averaging 200 to 300 new instructions per annum for reports and fullly experienced in court appearances. Call/Fax: 0191 373 4457 Email: ajmb@ajmbirnie.com   Freedom Now (NE) Ltd 'Proven Substance Misuse Expertise'... Freedom Now (NE) Ltd has been established to bring the extensive knowledge, expertise and skill of Tim Murphy and his Team in order to; identify, train and treat ALL aspects of Substance Misuse and Wellbeing. Contact 'Freedom Now' Today………… T: 01642 271492 M: 07701 086 763 www.freedomnow.co.uk FHC - Forensic Healthcare Services UK Expert Witness Provision • Expert Witness Reports • Personal Injury • Refugee Medicals • Prison Visits 1,725 Experts in 285 specialities FHC is able to: • Locate / identify the most appropriate expert • Undertake Prison visits • Provide experts skilled in report writing & court procedures • Provide a rapid response to requests (phone, fax, email) • We have personnel skilled in providing detailed quotes & CVs for funding bodies (eg. LSC) Call: 01702 711140 www.forensic-healthcare.com Laird Assessors Ltd Accident Investigation Services Our services include: • Accident Damage Reports • Causation/Low Velocity Impact Reports • Locus Reports • Accident Reconstruction • Paint/Bodywork Reports • Diminution Reports • Fraud Investigation • Injury Photography Call: 0151 342 9961 www.Laird-Assessors.com Risk Management Services Gareth Bartlett Risk Management Services is a multi-disciplinary safety consultancy specializing in a systems approach to risk management. • RISK MANAGEMENT • FIRE SAFETY • FOOD & PUBLIC HEALTH • HEALTH & SAFETY • POOL SAFETY • EXCURSIONS & ACTIVITIES • BUSINESS CONTINUITY • TRAINING • INCIDENT INVESTIGATION • BUILDING & STRUCTURE • LEGAL & EXPERT WITNESS • SECURITY • PLEASURE CRAFT SAFETY • GUIDANCE & ADVICE Specialists in fire safety risk assessments, design & engineering, arbitration & expert witness Call: 020 8989 4547 www.fire-risk.co.uk FHDI Forensic Handwriting and Document Investigation Kathryn Thorndycraft FHDI has been in business since 1998 for the examination of documents & handwriting: • to determine authenticity • to expose forgery • to reveal aspects of origin FHDI uses scientific equipment including Electro Static Detection Apparatus and Video Spectral Comparator to perform all the necessary document examinations. This provides an extensive range of expertise, which can be put at your disposal. Tel: 01569 764508 Email: kt@fhdi.co.uk Website: www.fhdi.co.uk 30th June 2010     Highlights From Your Expert Witness         • Office is a "house", Lord Neuberger decides       • Applications double for post of district judge       • Open family justice reforms could leave public less informed, Munby LJ warns       • Government's stop and search appeal blocked by Europe       • Supreme Court rules out human rights in war as "novel"       • Justices lambast Labour's "morass" of criminal justice legislation       • Torture appeal to take place as government pledges inquiry   Welcome to our June Newsletter Welcome to the June Your Expert Witness monthly e-newsletter. In it we aim to bring you the latest on what's happening in the world of expert opinion. We'll be carrying stories on decisions in court that have been informed by expert opinion, as well as expert comment on cases that may have far-reaching implications for the interpretation of the law. There will also be profiles of individual experts from all walks of life and in a wide range of professions, from medical practitioners to property valuers and contract specialists. In addition, we will be bringing you the latest developments in forensic and other diagnostic techniques, and you can use this newsletter to access the full Your Expert Witness website, thus gaining access to the wealth of contact details carried on it. From our advertiser News from Your Expert Witness Djanogly launches "comprehensive review" of family justice The Ministry of Justice has launched a comprehensive review of the family justice system, including both public law and private law. "In public law this means looking at how the courts, with other agencies, manage cases involving children and the public care system," Jonathan Djanogly, legal aid and civil justice minister, told the Commons today. Read More Firms to officially meet bulk of practising certificate fee Law firms will pick up 60 per cent of the practising certificate fee from October this year under proposals put forward by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The SRA board agreed at its latest meeting that solicitors will pay a "much reduced" individual PC fee of about £460, with firms paying a separate fee based on turnover. Under this new hybrid mechanism, the overall fee for a firm with 45 fee earners and a £6m turnover will be £53,115. Read More   Clarke will pay charities to keep people out of prison Radical plans to pay voluntary and private sector organisations by results in keeping former offenders out of the criminal justice system were revealed by justice secretary Ken Clarke today. Clarke said the new approach, which "some of my colleagues might call part of the Big Society", would give organisations "clear financial incentives" to keep offenders away from crime. Read More Appeal denies £190,000 damages is "irrationally generous" for superbug boss The Court of Appeal has awarded an ousted NHS boss more than £190,000 after overturning a "bizarre legal situation" left in the wake of a superbug scandal. Thomspons Solicitors has succeeded on behalf of Rose Gibb, former chief executive of Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, who was one of the heads to roll following the outbreak of the clostridium difficile (c-dif) superbug which claimed 90 lives. Read More Legal ombudsman service to open on 6 October 2010 The new legal ombudsman service will open on 6 October 2010, chief ombudsman Adam Sampson has said. The new service, set up by the Office for Legal Complaints and based in Birmingham, will replace the Legal Complaints Service based in Leamington Spa. Read More   Prosecution for assisted-suicide Doctor A retired GP who paid for a patient to fly out to Switzerland to end his life will not be prosecuted under the new assisted suicide guidelines, the CPS has announced. Dr Irwin, a former medical director with the UN, funded Raymond Cutkelvin's trip to the Dignitas clinic in February 2007. Read More   Non-lawyer will writers to be regulated north of the border The Scottish Parliament has passed amendments to the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill which will see a regulation body set up to control non-lawyer will writers. Holyrood intends the move to provide consumers with the same protection from rogue will writers as they would get from using a solicitor. Read More Juryless Jackson suit dropped A libel action which was set to be heard without a jury has been dropped. Michael Jackson's former bodyguard Matt Fiddes withdrew his claim against Channel 4 on the eve of today's scheduled opening in the High Court. Mr Fiddes' representatives MLaw insist the decision was only partly linked to the fact the costly case would be heard by a judge alone. MLaw partner Chris Hutchings said: "Our claimant dropped these proceedings because Chanel 4 accepts that he didn't betray the Jackson family by selling stories. Read More   No plans to reform right to strike law, government says The government has shot down the CBI's demands for limits on the right to strike. In a report christened Making Britain the Place to Work, published yesterday, the business group called for tougher rules on industrial action to be introduced. As well as limiting the 90-day consultation period for redundancies to 30 days, the CBI said it wants to see ballots held to determine what proportion of a workforce are union members. Read More Asda wins reprieve over damaging sweetener claim Asda has won a temporary reprieve in a claim brought by one of the world's largest Aspartame producers who accused the supermarket chain of misleading consumers about the characteristics of the sweetener. Read More   Subscribe to Your Expert Witness A subscription to Your Expert Witness gets you access to our news archive, a printable, bi-monthly magazine delivered straight to your door, and details of subscriber-only special offers. 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