Latest Expert Surveyors News
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Witnesses to be summoned to court via text message
03/02/2012
Edinburgh Sheriff Court in Scotland is to pilot a text message scheme to increase witness attendance. As part of scheme, witnesses are sent a text message a few days befo...view full story
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Medical Negligence Expert supports House of Lords Legal Aid warnings
01/02/2012
Oxford-based medical negligence specialist,Darbys Solicitors, is backing peers from the ...view full story
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One store or two, retail expert witness tells probe
27/01/2012
A retail palnning expert told a planning inquiry he could ‘see no overriding need’ for a Tesco superstore in an area of Sheffield situated close to a pr...view full story
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Reform to solicitors to give customers greater choice
18/01/2012
From this January consumers and businesses should have found solicitors’ firms more competitive, more accessible and more efficient following new reforms to legal s...view full story
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HSBC introduces approved solicitors list for conveyancing
12/01/2012
Homebuyers who take a mortgage from HSBC will be forced to use one of a panel of 43 firms approved by the bank, to do their legal work,. Or face paying more for their con...view full story
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Specialist Yorkshire Surveyors report continuted growth
11/01/2012
Yorkshire Surveyors Limited report continued growth in what remains challenging times. Positive feedback from customers regarding the quality of Building Surveys, Home Bu...view full story
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Scottish surveyors expect house prices to fall then grow: RICS
11/01/2012
Property surveyors in Scotland have predicted that house prices will fall slightly in the first three months of the year.
The survey from the Royal Institution of ...view full story
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Happy New Year
03/01/2012
The staff at Expert Witness would like to wish all our clients a happy and prosperous new year.view full story
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Pregnant doctor wins £4.5m after NHS hounded her out of job
20/12/2011
Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have been ordered to pay mammoth compensation totalling £4.5m to a leading doctor who was hounded out of her job. Eva Michalak end...view full story
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LGC Expert denies Lawrence DNA contamination risk
14/12/2011
Forensic Expert Rosalyn Hammond, from LGC cold case review team, has told the jury in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial there was no realistic possibility of items of clo...view full story
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Prime Minister stresses cross-border solution in speech at the London Conference on Cyberspace…
09/11/2011
The London Conference on Cyberspace, 1-2 November, was hosted by the UK Foreign Office with support from Chatham House and the International Chamber of Commerce.
The co...view full story
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Expert Witness deems incinerator ‘inefficient’
07/10/2011
A proposed £60 million incinerator on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire would be ‘inefficient’ and would have an ‘unacceptable’ impact...view full story
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Surgeons concern over care for forgotten patients
03/10/2011
The NHS must address the significant variations in care experienced by the 170,000 patients who have major emergency abdominal surgery each year, says a new report publis...view full story
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Chartered Psychologist guide to 'Assessment and Development Centres'
03/10/2011
Assessment and Development Centres is a well written, practical approach which is sure of a warm welcome from HR professionals. Since the first edition of this book, the ...view full story
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RICS Expert Witness Conference Manchester Oct 20th 2011
15/09/2011
RICS North is delighted to launch the first Expert Witness Conference taking place in the Northern Region. Expert witnesses play a vital role in dispute resolution and th...view full story
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Warning issued over HMRC's inheritance tax clampdown
03/08/2011
HM Revenue & Customs is clamping down on the under-valuation of probateproperties, it has been warned.
Best Property Services in Newry also claimed that...view full story
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Cloud still hanging over North East commercial property market
03/08/2011
THE gloom surrounding the North-East commercial property marketfailed to lift in the second quarter this year, with landlords forced tocut rents ...view full story
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RSM Tenon strengthens its forensic team
11/07/2011
RSM Tenon has strengthened its team in the West Midlands with the appointment of Helen Gregory to the position of Associate Director.
Ms Gregory is an experienced ...view full story
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Councils should share costs of child protection expert witnesses
20/06/2011
Local authorities should meet part of the cost of using expert witnesses in child protection cases, the Confederation of Independent Social Work Agencies (Ciswa) has stat...view full story
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Court prints details of solicitors willing to working for new legal aid rates
16/06/2011
There is a backlog of court cases in Northern Ireland as many solicitors have refused to do legal aid work in protest at Justice Minister David Ford's attempt to cut 25% ...view full story
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Legal aid dispute causes solicitors to drop 134 cases
09/06/2011
A dispute over legal aid fees, is threatening to halt Northern Ireland's justice system, and could lead to cases collapsing and being dismissed.
The warning came a...view full story
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Expert witness highlights 'error of judgment'
24/05/2011
A Doctor's decision to send a patient home shortly before he bled to death was wrong, a fatal accident inquiry was told yesterday. Perth Sheriff Court heard that Ronald G...view full story
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Personal Injury Solicitor urges reform of 'Dysfunctional' system
09/05/2011
Leading personal injury solicitor John Spencer of CS2 Lawyers has called for fundamental reforms to the personal injury market designed to enforce transparency, ensure co...view full story
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North/South divide property divide re-emerges
04/05/2011
A North/South housing market divide is re-emerging in the UK, according to a March survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
As residential ra...view full story
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Specialist expert witness training pays off for Chartered Surveyor
26/04/2011
Surveyors such as Mike Hull, Managing Director of commercial valuers SMC in West Yorkshire, has found his expert witness services increasingly in demand in the areas of p...view full story
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Charges dropped after expert witness report into fire probe
18/04/2011
Fire chiefs who investigated a fatal flat blaze have dropped a prosecution case against a fire alarm maintenance firm. Eric Baker, 91, died the day after a blaze at his f...view full story
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Immunity removal results in no change to the professional expert
11/04/2011
Some experts may have been concerned regarding the recent removal of expert witness immunity. The change by the Supreme Court was influenced by the fact that the expert w...view full story
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Change to Expert Witness immunity
31/03/2011
Expert witnesses have lost their 400-year-old immunity from being sued in the civil courts. The expert witness immunity rule has traditionally been justified by reference...view full story
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DNA testing given a boost
25/03/2011
A new technique which can decipher previously unintelligible DNA samples has been made available to all police forces in England and Wales. The Forensic Science Service (...view full story
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Test planned to establish 'Expert' court witnesses
22/03/2011
A new test to scrutinise an expert witnesses evidence has been proposed to make trials fairer. Judges will be able to hear and test expert evidence before a jury is sworn...view full story
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Expert Witnesses testify in airport protesters trial
22/02/2011
The trial of six climate protesters who breached airside security at Manchester Airport began today at Trafford Magistrates Court.
The six defendants will plead n...view full story
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The challenges of Scientific Evidence to the Expert Witness
15/02/2011
The Challenges of Scientific Evidence is the subject of a lecture by The Hon Mr Justice Thomas Cromwell of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The event, organised by th...view full story
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Signs of revovery in N.I. property market
11/02/2011
Surveyors and estate agents have reason to be hopeful as the Northern Ireland housing market shows signs of recovery, according to a market survey.
While December ...view full story
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Happy New Year
02/01/2011
All the staff at Expert Witness would like to wish all our experts and clients a happy and prosperous 2011.view full story
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Elton John to edit The Independent newspaper tomorrow
30/11/2010
Pop Star Sir Elton John will guest-edit special editions of The Independent and its cut-price sister paper 'i' tomorrow to help raise awareness of World Aids Day.
...view full story
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Call for forensic expert witnesses to be accredited
27/11/2010
Judge Lord Justice Leveson told the Forensic Science Society last week that an increase in accreditation for forensic experts would be ‘hugely desirable’. He ...view full story
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Help in choosing the right expert
20/11/2010
With the prospect of a court case looming, you will need as much help and assistance as possible. For many cases the first thing you would require is a professional exper...view full story
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APIL appeals over court closure plan
20/11/2010
Personal injury solicitors are lobbying the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to ensure that residents are not left with restricted access to justice in light of the proposal to ...view full story
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Nigerian surveyors renew talks with RICS
20/10/2010
The Lagos chapter of the Institute of Surveyors has renewed reciprocity talks with RICS. Chairman of the chapter, Mr. Jide Oke has led a high powered delegation of quanti...view full story
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Shell expert witnesses address local pipeline fears
18/10/2010
Petroleum company Shell Ireland is expecting local resistance over the last section of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline. An Bord Pleanála hearing into the pro...view full story
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Rents reach two-year high for private landlords
07/10/2010
Private landlords are pleased to hear that rents have reached a two-year high. Results from FindaProperty.com have revealed that over the third quarter of 2010, the price...view full story
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First Forensic launch Forensic Science awareness course
03/09/2010
First Forensic Ltd have launched a series of Forensic Science awareness courses aimed at solicitors, barristers and other legal professionals involved in criminal or civi...view full story
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New rules on experts confuse Canadian solicitors
28/07/2010
New rules governing the use of expert witnesses in the Canadian civil justice system have increased costs and caused confusion, according to lawyers who retain them.
view full story
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Radar reveals extent of lost Egyptian city
24/06/2010
An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to determine the extent of the ruins of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian city.
The City was the capital of Egypt's ...view full story
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Government scraps Home Information Packs, to boost sales
21/05/2010
The new coalition government has scrapped rules that require homeowners to give buyers more information about the property they are selling at their own expense, a measur...view full story
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Chester Hotel wins Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors award
18/05/2010
The redevelopment of a Chester hotel has scooped a top award at the RICS North West Awards dinner held in Manchester.
The Doubletree by Hilton, Chester hotel picke...view full story
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iPhone app turns your phone into a double-ended language translator
17/05/2010
Converse is the name of a new application which is claimed to turn your iPhone into a double ended language translator, a multilingual, face-to-face instant messaging con...view full story
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Computer crime expert sees need for informatics in courtroom
30/04/2010
Trial lawyers should broaden their expertise in electronic data collection if they hope to present best evidence, an expert in electronic discovery has stated.
Edw...view full story
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RICS expect a rise in London office rentals
26/04/2010
According to latest RICS UK Commercial Property Survey, there are signs of an upturn in some sectors of London's commercial property market.
This is the first time...view full story
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How ash particles can damage aircraft
22/04/2010
While it may be of little comfort to the thousands of frustrated airline passengers whose planes have been grounded because of the volcanic ash swirling over much o...view full story
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Belfast buildings in line for RICS awards
11/03/2010
Four Belfast building projects have been shortlisted in the RICS Northern Ireland Awards.
They are the redevelopment of a South Belfast site to create the Chinese ...view full story
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UK housing recovery stronger than most of Europe'
05/03/2010
The UK property market is ahead of many other European nations in its recovery from the recession, according to a RICS report. Its European Housing Review revealed that B...view full story
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Expert witnesses to be recalled in Dublin building defect case
04/03/2010
High Court judge Mr Justice Paul Gilligan, has refused to halt a long-running action to establish the cause of defects in hundreds of homes in north Dublin.
The de...view full story
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£200,000 Expert witness fee
01/03/2010
The Sunday Times for 28 February 2010 has published a news story of a headmistress appearing as an expert witness for a school which has been sued by an ex-pupil who was ...view full story
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New HSE Guide to Asbestos Surveying
19/02/2010
The New HSE Guide Asbestos The Survey Guide (HSG264) gives some clear and simple guidance on checking the competence of the asbestos surveyor.
It has to be said th...view full story
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Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook by Robert Ratay
11/02/2010
The Most Complete and up-to-date resource on Forensic Structural Engineering. Thoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handboo...view full story
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RICS survey reveals property rises
11/02/2010
Figures from the latest housing market study from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have revealed that house prices are to rise.
According to resea...view full story
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Surveyors want construction chief appointed
08/02/2010
The Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCS) wants the Government to appoint a chief adviser to head a new Construction Industry Consultative Council, which would be aimed at...view full story
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What The Apple iPad promises for your future.
29/01/2010
Communications and computer, industry experts have applauded the launch of Apples ipad.
The innovative new tablet device is like all other Apple products beautiful...view full story
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Accountancy firm Deloitte acquires surveyors Drivers Jonas
26/01/2010
Accountancy firm Deloitte has expanded into the property agency market by acquiring Drivers Jonas, one of Britain's oldest partnerships of surveyors.
Established i...view full story
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Yorkshire solicitor issues alert over proposed legal fees reform
22/01/2010
York based civil solicitor Sally-Ann Robinson, has warned national changes in the law could mean a more American-style legal system in England and lawyers being awarded s...view full story
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Stamp duty reversion has little effect
13/01/2010
The ending of the reduced rate of stamp duty has had little effect on the Northern Ireland housing market according to the latest RICS figures. The Royal Institution of C...view full story
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Insolvency amongst solicitors set to rise
06/01/2010
Richard Glithero, head of insolvency at Manchester Solicitors Pannone, warned that the number of law firms falling into insolvency is set to reach record levels during 20...view full story
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Home reports beneficial to Scottish property market
04/01/2010
Home reports have been been "beneficial" to Scottish property buyers and sellers, say surveyors.
The reports which combine a building survey, an energy r...view full story
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New board to oversee legal services sector
04/01/2010
The Legal Services Board became fully active on the 1st January 2010. Its mandate is to ensure the interests of consumers are placed at the heart of the legal system. It ...view full story
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Searchline
23/12/2009
If you require our Searchline facilities over the Christmas holidays please e-mail: info@expertwitness.co.uk<...view full story
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Lovells approve Hogan & Hartson merger
22/12/2009
British solicitors Lovells is to merge with American Hogan& Hartson to create one of the world's largest law firms. The partnerships of the two firms voted to approve...view full story
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Experts defend climate data after e-mail leaks
14/12/2009
More than 1,700 British scientists have signed a petition insisting that global warming is man-made, after leaked e-mails sparked a row over the science behind climate ch...view full story
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Textile expert to chair BSI Committee
01/12/2009
Ian Strudwick, technical manager at Manchester based textile testing laboratory, Shirley Technologies, has been appointed chairman of an industry supervisory committee.view full story
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RICS introduces entry level membership for agents
30/11/2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching a new route for estate agents and letting agents to have chartered status by launching qualifications in residen...view full story
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Stamp duty rise would slow down market recovery
25/11/2009
Property experts at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have expressed concern about the finish of the stamp duty holiday at the end of this year and the ...view full story
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U.K. house prices advance to near three year high
11/11/2009
U.K. house prices rose to the highest level in almost three years in October, as a shortage of homes for sale intensified.
The number of real-estate agents saying ...view full story
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Help UK Charities by making a will in November
03/11/2009
As part of Will Aid month, solicitors nationwide are offering to draw up basic wills in exchange for charitable donations.
In November, solicitors are offering the...view full story
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Art and antiques prices rise
12/10/2009
The price of art and antiques is being driven up by investors looking for alternative investments, research for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors showed.
...view full story
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RICS launch its 2010 Pro-Yorkshire Awards
09/10/2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched its 2010 Pro-Yorkshire Awards, which aim to celebrate and showcase the achievements of all property profe...view full story
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Shariah Law Expert joins North West solicitors
09/10/2009
Manchester-based George Davies Solicitors have appointed solicitor Tasnim Khalid. Tasnim has studied both Shariah law and the British legal system, and is able to offer a...view full story
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Ministry of Justice CPR important changes for Expert Witnesses
24/09/2009
The 50th update to the Civil Procedure Rules introduces changes in a large number of areas. The changes come into force on 1 October 2009.
Part 35 relevant to cour...view full story
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Consultation paper on fees paid to experts from the legal aid fund
24/09/2009
The Ministry of Justice has published a Consultation Paper that includes proposals to impose a cap on the fees that can be paid from the legal aid fund to expert witnesse...view full story
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Wildlife expert and son die in canoeing accident
25/08/2009
A renowned wildlife expert and his son have been named as the victims of an accident in which their canoe capsized on a Scottish loch. Michael Madders and his seven year-...view full story
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Surveyors to evaluate work on flood defences
12/08/2009
Surveyors will be in Morpeth this week to inspect work on new flood defences. The Environment Agency has enlisted contractors Halcrow to investigate various parts of the ...view full story
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RICS say that house prices will increase in 2009
07/08/2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said that the average price of a home will be “slightly higher” in the fourth quarter of this year compared to th...view full story
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CSI type graphics in the courtroom
05/08/2009
Many jurors have higher expectations in the quantity and quality of exhibits presented at trial due to popular television crime scene dramas such as CSI.
This lea...view full story
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Recession leads to rise in injury claims
05/08/2009
The number of personal injury claims that have risen during one of the worst economic periods of modern times is no coincidence. Workplace injuries are rising with a numb...view full story
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Personal injury claims push up car insurance cost
03/08/2009
Car insurance is rising at its fastest rate for nearly a decade, thanks to personal injury claims as well as uninsured drivers. Fraudulent claims are also putting pressur...view full story
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Pocket-sized thermal imaging camera launched
22/07/2009
LumaSense Technologies, a leading provider of infrared thermography and non-contact temperature and gas sensing solutions, have announced the release of its new Mikron Mi...view full story
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What Is A Forensic Science Technician?
14/07/2009
Today’s criminals all have one very formidable opponent, and that is the forensic science technician. Simply put, forensic science technicians, or criminalists, are...view full story
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London housing market improves
14/07/2009
The U.K. housing market improved in June as more London estate agents and surveyors saw home values increases for the first time in 20 months.
The two-year long re...view full story
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Arts and antiques provide safe bet for investors
10/07/2009
Arts and antiques continue to provide a safe haven for investors, with prices continuing to rise in most segments of the market. However, the drop in the number of survey...view full story
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RICS colour code scheme to replace HIPs
03/07/2009
A new housing survey has been launched which aims to make it easier for potential buyers to understand the condition of properties they want to purchase. It will replace ...view full story
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Universal translator moves closer
02/07/2009
The merger of two American companies will enable smartphones such as BlackBerries, iPhones or Windows Mobile devices to become voice and text translators.
American...view full story
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Technical document translation
29/06/2009
Important factors to consider before buying technical document translation.
Translation can be a complicated task, especially when dealing with technical document ...view full story
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British property market 'stabilising'
29/06/2009
UK homebuyers are clinching smaller discounts on property prices as the housing market stabilises, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said.
Around...view full story
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BBC Art expert pays £50k for £750k painting
29/06/2009
Antiques Roadshow expert Philip Mould has snapped up a £750,000 Thomas Gainsborough painting for just £50,000 after an auction house failed to identify it.view full story
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Mortgage approvals highest for 13 months
25/06/2009
Mortgage approvals by the main high-street banks rose by an annual rate of almost 16 per cent last month, touching a 13-month high, according to the British Bankers' Asso...view full story
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Metropolitan Police translator bill to rise to £20m
16/06/2009
Police in London are being hit with a soaring bill for translators to deal with foreign criminals, victims and witnesses. A Metropolitan Police chief has admitted that th...view full story
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Road traffic psychology to influence drivers behavior
15/06/2009
Psychological traffic calming techniques are set to be introduced in Sheffield Yorkshire, in preference of traditional and often controversial schemes such as road humps....view full story
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Mortgage approval rates rise again in April
03/06/2009
Mortgage approvals have now risen for three months in a row and are at their highest since April 2008. But they are still almost 60 per cent lower than their average betw...view full story
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Baked-bean protest over plans for ‘Tesco Law’
13/05/2009
Lawyers handed out free cans of beans from shopping trolleys outside the High Court, yesterday warning that Government plans for the “Big Bang” in legal servi...view full story
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Judges to test expert witnesses?
28/04/2009
The Law Commission wants tighter checks on expert views in court.
They are asking that medical and other expert evidence be subject to a statutory test of its tru...view full story
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What it takes to be an Expert Witness
27/04/2009
An expert witness is an individual who is an expert in a particular field and they can offer valuable information in a criminal trial. They dont have to witness the crime...view full story
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Identifying the right expert witness
02/04/2009
Identifying the right expert witness and drilling them as to what will be expected are crucial precursors to having them take the stand and satisfy a judge, argues Gerard...view full story
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Mexican experts detect Frida Kahlo fakes
02/04/2009
Mexican art experts say that five paintings purportedly done by artist Frida Kahlo are apparently fakes. The paintings recently appeared in a private collection in wester...view full story
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European Masters in Translation network
30/03/2009
The creation of the European Masters in Translation network was the central theme of an international conference organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 16-17...view full story
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How to pick an expert witness
27/03/2009
Expert witnesses can make or break a case, so it’s vital to pick exactly the right (independent, knowledgeable and impressive) person for the job
With the co...view full story
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Scientists capture 3-D image of oldest fossil brain
04/03/2009
Scientists have revealed the 300 million year old brain of an extinct relative of today's sharks, the first time that soft tissue from such an ancient fossil has ever bee...view full story
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Shelter calls for more new homes in Scotland
24/02/2009
Charity Shelter said thousands of new homes could be built, and has urged the Government to build its way out of recession by funding affordable housing projects.
...view full story
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Irish surveyors warn of job losses
06/02/2009
Sean McCormack the President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors says the construction and property sectors face further unemployment unless the Government provides str...view full story
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Investers may look to Art and Jewellery
21/01/2009
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) has published its Art and Antiques Survey which may not make happy reading for those planning to cash in on their...view full story
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Affordable homes still out of reach for first-time buyers
06/01/2009
First-time buyers are still being priced out of the Edinburgh housing market, despite the recent decline in property prices. Recent research by the Bank of Scotland has f...view full story
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Househunters rise for first time in two years
10/12/2008
Househunters rose for the first time in two years in November, as interest rate cuts tempted potential buyers back to the market, but the interest has not yet turned into...view full story
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Is change due for buy-to-let tenants
08/12/2008
The government is to consider forcing mortgage lenders to give more notice to tenants who could be evicted when their buy-to-let landlord faces repossession.
Curre...view full story
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St John’s looks to revamp website
04/12/2008
St John’s Buildings, the largest barrister’s chambers in the North of England, has appointed Mando Group following on from a three-way pitch.
The Liver...view full story
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Solicitors question debut of single seller surveys
02/12/2008
On the first day of compulsory "single seller surveys" property experts are urging the Government to carry out an early review of the controversial system, amid...view full story
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Antiques show in £1million Angel discovery
17/11/2008
Antiques Roadshow experts have broken the £1 million barrier for valuations.
The modern antique, a scale model of Anthony Gormley’s artwork for The Ang...view full story
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Surveyors give Queen Elizabeth 2 all clear to continue final voyage.
12/11/2008
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) surveyors from the Southampton have today completed a full inspection of the Queen Elizabeth 2 liner after its grounding in the Solen...view full story
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Surveyors see hope in bottom end of market
11/11/2008
Levels of home buying are still falling, but estate agents are seeing some early positive signs of recovery in the property market. The Royal Institution of Chartered Sur...view full story
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Chartered Surveyors Fletcher Morgan back to winning ways
03/11/2008
Chartered surveying practice Fletcher Morgan has been named Wales’ leading commercial property agent – for a record third time in four years.
After sco...view full story
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Witness services manager wins award for caring.
22/10/2008
A West Yorkshire Magistrates Court worker who has helped expert witnesses with her care and attention has been recognised as the best in West Yorkshire.
The 42-yea...view full story
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Experts warn on empty flats
16/10/2008
Gordon Brown's claim that there was a shortage of housing in the UK was undermined yesterday by a raft of experts who pointed to a flood of empty flats in most major city...view full story
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Surveyors builders and architects raise more than £1,600 for charity
16/10/2008
More than 300 developers, builders, engineers, surveyors and architects attended an awards dinner to raise more than £1,600 for charity.
The event was organi...view full story
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Recession spreads to the art world
08/10/2008
The record £111.5 million paid at auction last month for works by Leeds artist Damien Hirst marks the top of the art market in the UK, according to a survey by valu...view full story
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Drastic cuts for house sellers
01/10/2008
Property sellers are being forced to accepting large cuts in the asking price of their properties in order to complete sales as -economic conditions continue to worsen, a...view full story
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Charity begins for Ghana homes
26/08/2008
Software industry leaders from Northern Ireland are swapping their laptops for hard hats to take part in a building project in Ghana.
Members of Momentum, the Nort...view full story
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Stamp Duty dithering halts house sales
26/08/2008
Thousands of house sales have collapsed because of the governments dithering over stamp duty, property experts said last night. A fifth of potential buyers have opted to ...view full story
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Surveyors appoint specialist to team
20/08/2008
Newport based chartered surveyors Hutchings & Thomas has strengthened its professional team with the appointment of a specialist surveyor. Andrew Beale, who joins the...view full story
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Expert Witness Cross Examination Questions
15/08/2008
Expert Witnesses need to be effective when questioned by opposing counsel during cross-examination. Anticipating the areas of likely inquiry and preparing accordingly wil...view full story
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The internet provides a new way of help for old homes
14/08/2008
Old homes have great character, but they throw up no end of problems. Can a new online service help?
Most of us have a few cracks or the odd damp patch; Helen and ...view full story
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Surveyors slam stamp duty confusion
14/08/2008
Government confusion over the future of stamp duty risks damaging signs of returning confidence to the housing market, chartered surveyors have warned.
The Royal I...view full story
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Leeds surveyor named as chairman of RICS
11/08/2008
Yorkshire based building surveyor Colin Harrop has been appointed chairman of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) regional board for Yorkshire and the Hum...view full story
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Treasury quells stamp duty speculation as house prices fall
11/08/2008
The Treasury has moved to dampen speculation over the future of stamp duty after estate agents and surveyors warned of a potential collapse in the property market prompte...view full story
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Experts Urge Stamp Duty Reform
07/08/2008
Property experts have called for the Government to overhaul the much-despised tax of stamp duty.
Under the law as it stands, people buying property have to pay sta...view full story
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No Sale No Fee, HIP boost
06/08/2008
Promise Homepacks has seen a 35% increase in new enquiries since the launch of its‘No Sale No Fee’ HIP option. The launch of this product has coincided with t...view full story
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Homes being sold without HIPs
05/08/2008
Some buyers failing to receive report until weeks after purchase
Estate agents in England and Wales are failing to sell properties with a home information pack inc...view full story
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Altior acquired by Kaplan Professional
31/07/2008
Legal training consultancy A|tior has been acquired by a leading professional training provider.
Founded in 1979, Altior is a market leader in management, advocacy...view full story
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Farmland prices soaring at fastest rate on record
29/07/2008
The price of UK farmland rose at its fastest pace on record in the first half of this year as commodity prices continued to reach new highs, according to a Royal Institut...view full story
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Building fire expert teams up with Edinburgh University
28/07/2008
A computer expert has teamed up with scientists at Edinburgh University to discover what can be learned from the 9/11 terror attacks to safeguard buildings devastated by ...view full story
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Experts assess landslide damage
14/07/2008
Work to assess the damage caused by a landslide on a major route through southern Scotland is under way. The A7 was closed south of Langholm on Thursday as heavy rain cau...view full story
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Engine failures on new ships hits 'shocking' high
14/07/2008
Casualty statistics indicate that at over 40%, machinery damage is the largest category of incidents, although it only represents 19% of the cost of claims.
A shoc...view full story
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Are the wealthy splashing out on art and antiques to beat the credit crunch
08/07/2008
The super wealthy continue to splash out on arts and antiques despite the deepening economic gloom.
The art market as a whole was flat in the three months to...view full story
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It won't get much worse
07/07/2008
A west country estate agent has lifted the lid on the state of the town's housing market - and the picture's not all gloomy.
Iain Cowan, a former chairman of the N...view full story
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Stamp duty not "fit for purpose": Rics
04/07/2008
Residential stamp duty is "no longer fit for purpose", the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) warned this morning (1 July).
The institution claimed the cur...view full story
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Housing slump finally easing, say surveyors
17/06/2008
A new study by chartered surveyors across the region is reporting signs that the fall in house prices is slowing down.
Chartered surveyors in Devon and Cornwall sa...view full story
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RICS simplifies surveyor appointment process
10/06/2008
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is looking to simplify and improve the process of appointing a surveyor with the introduction of its new suite of appointm...view full story
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Prizes for top Welsh sites
09/06/2008
A church restoration project and a new bus interchange are among the five winners of the RICS (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Wales awards 2008.
The...view full story
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Home Information Packs are adding to the housing crisis
05/06/2008
Home Information Packs are adding to the housing crisis by imposing extra costs on buyers, the Conservatives have warned.
The dossiers, which all vendors must now compil...view full story
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Don't let fears of the credit crunch put you off buy-to-let
05/06/2008
People who have only recently bought a buy-to-let property or have been thinking of becoming a buy-to-let landlord may be having second thoughts about whether this is lik...view full story
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Aberdeen University adds planning courses
05/06/2008
The University of Aberdeen has launched two further postgraduate programmes in planning and surveying in response to increasing demand for skilled planning professionals....view full story
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Buy to let reaping benefits of market downturn
29/05/2008
Buy to let is reaping the benefits from the latest slump in property sales, according to a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The sur...view full story
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Top praise for Chester building restoration firm
29/05/2008
A Chester bases company has been praised for its work in restoring a landmark city building.
Hodkinson Mallinson Ltd, chartered building surveyors of Hoole, have j...view full story
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DREI Holds Talks with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
12/05/2008
Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), Managing Director Salem Alshafiei, recently met with David Tuffin, President of the UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ...view full story
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DREI Holds Talks with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
12/05/2008
Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), Managing Director Salem Alshafiei, recently met with David Tuffin, President of the UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ...view full story
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Owners try again to reopen quarry
06/05/2008
Efforts to re-open a Victorian quarry in Thornton have been renewed after planning permission was refused over concerns about noise and a high number of lorry movements a...view full story
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Building up the case for brickwork
01/05/2008
The off-site lobby has had a field day lately, portraying brick as expensive and brickwork as a dying art. It's wrong on both counts as a report by the Royal Institute of...view full story
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Surveyors firm acquired
18/04/2008
Eddisons, one of the North's leading firms of chartered surveyors, which was founded in Bradford in 1844, has been acquired in a management buy-out by two of its senior d...view full story
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Girl's piece of old Rome delights the experts
15/04/2008
A young archaeologist from Bolton has made a discovery which has excited experts.
Sarah Duffy, aged 22, who grew up in Bolton Lancashire, discovered a Roman altar ...view full story
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Eco-town experts named today
09/04/2008
A panel of a dozen experts who will oversee the creation of Britain’s new 'eco-towns' will be announced today. Up to 100,000 homes will be built to environmentally ...view full story
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Experts plan World Heritage bid
03/04/2008
A meeting is to be held in County Durham as the race to become a World Heritage Site heats up.
The twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of Wearmouth-Jarrow, classed as one...view full story
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Buyers will need to feel right at home with new reports
01/04/2008
Scotlands home owners have seen house prices increase steadily over the past few months, bucking the UK trend and outperforming London's property market.
Prices ha...view full story
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Survey reveals 47% of solicitors’ instructions for HIPs come directly from sellers
19/03/2008
Key findings of SearchFlow and Law Society survey shows solicitors are taking the initiative in HIP market. SearchFlow (www.searchfl...view full story
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Safety fears may halt green stadium
19/03/2008
Plans to install a 360 foot wind turbine at Eastlands stadium Manchester, home to Manchester City and the site of the 2008 UEFA Cup final, may be halted due to safety fea...view full story
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Expert rejects end of European property boom
18/03/2008
Last week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) published a review of the European property market and claimed that it was unlikely that house prices would...view full story
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Scots house prices buck national trend, say surveyors
17/03/2008
Scottish house prices are bucking the national trend as surveyors in England and Wales report falling housing prices by the worst margin since the market crashed in 1990,...view full story
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Mortgage approvals hit nine-year low
12/03/2008
Gloom about the housing market deepened today as monthly mortgage approvals hit a nine-year low.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said approvals for new loans to bu...view full story
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800 year old cellar 'found' under Berlin car park
31/01/2008
A team of experts has unearthed an 800-year-old cellar under a central Berlin car park which they say dates the city back to the 12th century, earlier than previously tho...view full story