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110 2 _aRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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245 0 0 _aSurveyors acting as expert witnesses
_bRICS professional statement and guidance note, Scotland
_h[electronic resource]
250 _a1st
260 _aLondon
_bRICS
_c2015
300 _a40 p.
490 0 _aRICS Practice Statement
490 0 _aRICS Guidance Note
505 2 _aSurveyors acting as expert witnesses: professional statement: RICS professional statements -- preamble -- Principal message -- application of professional statement -- duty in providing expert witness -- acting as an expert witness and instructions -- inspections -- reports and oral evidence -- amending the contents of written reports -- agreeing facts and resolving differences -- Single Joint Expert (SJE)/Court Appointed Expert(CAE) -- advocacy and expert witness roles -- conditional fees
505 2 _aSurveyors acting as expert witnesses: guidance note: RICS guidance notes -- application of guidance note and introduction -- general duties -- advice and disclosure -- duties to the tribunal -- instructions and inspections -- 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 client's team -- narrowing differences and meetings between experts -- expert evidence, advocacy and a 'dual role' -- basis of charging fees -- conditional fees -- responsibility for expert witness's fees -- immunity of the expert witness -- criminal proceedings
505 2 _aAppendices: sample terms of engagement -- immunity of the expert witness - exemptions -- definitions -- Further reading and glossary of Acts, procedures and protocols
520 _aApplies to surveyors when providing expert evidence, whether oral or written, before a range of courts and tribunals in Scotland. This practice statement is also published in the form of an accompanying client guide, a copy of which can be supplied by the expert witness to the prospective client however the client guide does not specifically extend to Scotland. Effective from 6th November 2015.
521 _aAdvanced
590 _aKA
651 4 _aScotland
690 _aDispute resolution
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856 4 1 _uhttps://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/standards/August_2015_Surveyors_Acting_As_Expert_Witnesses_In_Scotland_1st_Edition.pdf
_zAvailable on RICS.org
856 4 1 _uhttps://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/standards/Surveyors_Acting_As_Expert_Witnesses_Client_Guide.pdf
_zView the Client's guide (does not extend directly to Scotland) on RICS.org
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