Surveyors acting as expert witnesses RICS practice statement and guidance note [electronic resource]
Language: English Series: RICS Practice Statement | RICS Guidance NotePublication details: London RICS 2008Edition: 3rd edDescription: iv, 58p. 30cmISBN:- 9781842194287
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Surveyors acting as expert witnesses: practice statement: RICS practice statements; preamble; Principal message; application of practice statement; duty in providing expert evidence; acting as an expert witness, and instructions; inspections; reports and oral evidence; amendment of the contents of written reports; agreeing facts and resolving differences; Single Joint Expert (SJE); advocacy and expert witness roles; conditional fees
Surveyors acting as expert witnesses: guidance note: RICS guidance notes; preamble; application of guidance note and introduction; general duties; advice and disclosure; duties to the tribunal; instructions and inspections; purpose of expert evidence; evidence of fact; expert (opinion) evidence; questions to expert witnesses and answers; documents; oral evidence; advising advocates; expert witnesses' written reports; form and content of an expert witness's written report; meetings between the expert witness and the lawyer; narrowing differences and meetings between experts; Single Joint Expert; expert evidence, advocacy and a 'dual role'; basis of charging fees; conditional fees; responsibility for fees; immunity of the expert witness
Appendices: sample terms of engagement; hearsay evidence; immunity of the expert witness - exemptions; definitions -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements
The practice statement sets out the mandatory duties of a surveyor in providing evidence, while the guidance note provides further information on good practice, including: the need for clear instructions and terms of engagement; fees; guidance on what to do in situations of conflict of interest; an outline of the written report format; clarification of the differences between the roles of expert witness and advocate; and the immunity of the expert witness. See also E148746 for the subsequent briefing and addendum.
Superseded by 4th edition L158327.