Training Event
The online recording of our recent Expert Witness Training Event can be purchased below. The event was held on Tuesday 3 October 2023 from RIAS headquarters in Rutland Square Edinburgh and led by Hamish Clark, Partner with HKA, Neil Kelly, Partner with MacRoberts, and Gavin Walker KC from Axiom Advocates.
Topics to be covered will include:
What it is to act as an Expert Witness
When an offer of appointment as an Expert Witness should be accepted
Your instructing solicitor directions
How to write an Expert Witness report
Joint expert conferrals
What to consider when appearing at a Hearing/ Tribunal
What instructing solicitors look for in an Expert Witness
Pre-Hearing / tribunal meetings
What to expect from a Court / tribunal
Examination and Cross Examination techniques
This event is essential viewing for those wishing to be retained on the RIAS Accredited Panel of Experts. Viewing is also recommended for those architects interested in the work of experts and those wishing to be considered for inclusion on the RIAS panel in future.
Those wishing to be included on the RIAS panel of experts will be required to be separately assessed, details of which will be provided in due course.
About the Presenters:
Hamish Clark - Forensic Architectural Expert, HKA
Hamish Clark is a Chartered Architect with over 30 years’ experience. He is Partner at HKA, a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness, and litigation support services and has worked extensively in the UK and Middle-East. He has acted as an expert architect on 29 occasions and has been a member of a team of experts on two further occasions. In addition to being an examiner for the final “Part 3” RIBA professional examinations, I have been a visiting lecturer in Professional Practice to the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde.
Neil Kelly - Partner, MacRoberts
Neil Kelly is Partner and Head of Construction at MacRoberts LLP. Neil specialises in advising employers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers and their insurers in the construction sector. In 2012, he became Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) in 2012.
Gavin Walker K.C - Axiom Associates
Gavin is a Band 1 ranked Senior Counsel by Chambers & Partners. He is recognised as being one of the most successful and well-instructed seniors in his key practice areas of construction, professional negligence, commercial and property law. He is known for his ability to think on his feet in court. Gavin is regularly instructed in complex high value disputes by the top Scottish and other UK commercial firms. He has a reputation for being thorough and clear in his advice and fearless in his representation of his clients.
