SINCE MAY 1998, when the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 came into force, adjudicators and judges have been tirelessly unravelling its complexities.
They arose from the novelty of the processes, some poor parliamentary draughtsmanship, and not forgetting the ingenuity of people determined to avoid payment.
WHY DO YOU need an expert planning witness when everyone has such strongly held views on planning matters?
I seriously regret the day I told my local barber that I was a town planner. Not a cut has gone by since without him telling me about the ills of the local oneway system or his mate’s neighbour’s extension which “should never have been allowed”. Isn’t it all pretty obvious whether something looks too big or too ugly?
THERE IS evidence that the way to defend the UK’s global position in engineering consultancy is to provide a quality of service and speed of response that reflect our national education and character.
Manderstam International Group, established in 1941, provides independent bespoke engineering and economic development services worldwide. The company has provided process and industrial engineering in specialised technologies in over 90 countries, and has a significant track record in providing expert witness services approved by the UK Law Society.
DNA RESULTS are not always of a quality to enable a straightforward match comparison to be made.
Bericon has recently had considerable success in getting DNA evidence – where it is low-level or where mixtures and a statistical interpretation cannot be given – ruled inadmissible: R v Martin Clark and R v Raymond Severn at Luton Crown Court. In this case, after a voir dire, Judge Foster decided to exclude the DNA evidence as it was not possible to give any indication of its strength and he would not know how to sum up the evidence for the jury.
THE FORENSIC Science Service’s DNA specialists offer a range of case assessment and reevaluation services.
They range from simple re-analysis of a sample to confirm the original result, through assessment of the exhibit and sample recovery process, to thorough re-evaluation of the results obtained, their interpretation and conclusions drawn.
The FSS is the largest provider of forensic services in the UK and has been delivering evidence for the courts for over 70 years.
