Litigation Support
Quantum Expert Witness
If proceedings have been initiated, then you will need an independent, robust Expert Witness Report which can be submitted as Evidence in Chief in the case.
The report is independent and will need to stand scrutiny under examination at any subsequent hearing and should be drafted in a way that can be easily conveyed to the Judge.
We have courtroom, cross-examination experience, and understand what the Lawyers and Barristers require.
Expert Adviser
As expert advisers, we can assist a party on technical matters, discuss strategy, review draft witness statements, and review instructions for experts. As expert advisers, we do not give evidence in court and will not prepare any expert's report for use as evidence within the proceedings. Communications between the expert adviser and the client and/or lawyer are confidential and privileged, save for where the privilege has been waived.
An expert adviser is a useful addition to a team bringing or defending a claim and can be used to, amongst other things:
- give confidential and privileged advice and guidance in relation to the claim
- educate the legal team about a particular issue or area of expertise, including explaining jargon
- comment on:
- statements of case
- draft witness statements, including identifying factual matters that need to be proven to form an assumption for any expert report
- your draft instructions to an expert witness of the same discipline to ensure that the appropriate questions are being asked
- your expert's draft report, although care would be need to be taken regarding passing on any comment from the adviser to the expert
- the other side's expert report, including highlighting areas for likely cross examination at trial
- the report by a joint single expert (where the court has ordered one), including highlighting areas for likely cross examination at trial
- prospects of success in relation to technical points
Litigation Support Specialist
We can assist you (or your legal representatives) in understanding your case's strengths and weaknesses before you decide to proceed with litigation.
A robust report often catalyses discussions with the other party and may lead to an early settlement.
Early in the proceedings, your legal team may wish to pay a sum in court as security for costs. We can review the contemporaneous information and assess a range for the lodgement. This could be very important when the court assesses costs at the end of the case.