The CPAs Annual Law Reform Lecture 2024
The CPA's Annual Law Reform Lecture 2024 - Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Expert Witness Roles and Responsibilities in 2024
This year the CPA Reform lecture took a slightly different tact. With so much reform in the CPO world - LURA implementation, the Law Commission review and the Electricity Transmission Act, we took a look at how reform takes place through case law, in respect of expert witness roles.
Module Duration: 1 hours 54 minutes
Recorded: 13/05/2024
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Areas covered
Advocate Surveyor's Duties
- Role in negotiating compensation with acquiring authorities.
- Valuation methodologies and evidence gathering during negotiation.
- Challenges faced in advocating client's best interests.
Transition to Expert Witness
- Requirements for becoming an expert witness, considering professional bodies and qualifications.
- Ethical considerations, including independence, objectivity and duty to the court.
- The importance of maintaining a clear distinction between advocacy and expert opinion.
- Aide Memoire of Gardiner & Theobald and Cheshire Lounge.
Panel Debate:
Impact of Cheshire Lounge
- Potential impact on the practice of advocate surveyors acting as expert witnesses.
- Potential changes in professional guidelines or court procedures.
Balancing Advocacy and Expertise
- Strategies for maintaining objectivity and independence while effectively representing the client's interests.
- Explore the use of separate surveyors for negotiation and expert testimony.
Future of the Dual Role
- Potential benefits and drawbacks of advocate surveyors acting as expert witnesses.
- Impact on efficiency, cost and fairness in compulsory purchase cases.
- Examples outside the UK.
- Does the industry have capacity to embrace change?
Speakers
- John Sayer, Head of Regeneration, Ardent; Vice Chair of The CPA
- Dan Kolinsky KC, Barrister, Landmark Chambers
- Tom Aslin, Partner, Kingston Smith LLP
- Mary Cook, Partner, Town Legal LLP
- Jonathan Stott MRICS, Group Managing Director, Ardent