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110 2 _aRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
_bDispute Resolution Faculty
245 0 0 _aSurveyors acting as expert witnesses
_bRICS practice statement and guidance note
_h[electronic resource]
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aLondon
_bRICS
_c2008
300 _aiv, 58p.
_c30cm.
490 0 _aRICS Practice Statement
490 0 _aRICS Guidance Note
505 2 _aSurveyors 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
505 2 _aSurveyors 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
505 2 _aAppendices: sample terms of engagement; hearsay evidence; immunity of the expert witness - exemptions; definitions -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements
520 _aThe 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.
520 _aSuperseded by 4th edition L158327.
521 _aAdvanced
590 _aKA
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
690 _aMANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-EXPERT WITNESSES
856 4 1 _uhttps://www.isurv.com/downloads/download/198/surveyors_acting_as_expert_witnesses
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