Expert Witness Appointments

 

Sanderson Weatherall undertakes Expert Witness work in respect of all professional services carried out by the Firm and has partners with many years’ professional experience to accept instructions in their specialist field.

 

Expert Witness reports and Joint Statements regularly are undertaken in the approved format and in accordance with Part 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules.  We also comply with the RICS Combined Practice Statements and Guidance Notes for Surveyors Acting as Expert Witnesses.

 

Our Partners take expert appointments on all matters of our professional practice including:

 

        Boundaries and party walls

        Building surveying

        Landlord and tenant rent reviews and lease renewals

        Professional Arbitration on Court Terms (PACT)

        Compulsory purchase

        Construction disputes

        Dilapidations

        Estate Agency and professional practice

        Leasehold enfranchisement

        Planning and development

        Professional negligence

        Rating

        Valuations for loan security

        Valuations for solicitors/surveyors insurance claims

        Valuations for Section 18(1) dilapidations

        Valuations for divorce/partnership dissolution

        Valuations for taxation

        Valuations for loss of opportunity resulting from personal injury

 

We also undertake advocacy work (as distinct from acting as an expert with a duty to the court) in respect of landlord and tenant rent reviews and lease renewals.

 

Partners in the firm regularly take appointments from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and other professional bodies to act as sole arbitrators and independent experts in rent review and lease renewal matters.

 

For further details contact Andrew Ellis BSc (Hons) MRICS , Partner, Corporate Real Estate on 0113 221 6040 or andrew.ellis@sandersonweatherall.com