25 September 2020 Simon Berney-Edwards 4514 News Expert witnesses in legal aid cases bySimon Berney-Edwards The government have just released revised guidance about expert witnesses in cases funded by legal aid, including fees, prior authority and provisions for specific types of expert. Read guidance about expert witness fees, including: maximum rates for different types of expert witness how to apply for prior authority, including benchmarks for working ‘unusual’ hours expert activity time guidelines expert witness standards in family matters arrangements for specific expert types, including independent social workers, experts in risk assessment, drug and alcohol testing and DNA testing Access the guidance Share Print Tags 05. Rules and Regulations Related articles Is it within the remit of an expert to decide which witness of fact they believe or disbelieve? The dangers of a considerable burden of expert work Preliminary (pre-report) experts’ meetings Pfizer Inc v Uniqure Biopharma BV [2024] EWHC 2672 (Pat) Steven Wilson v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 2389 (KB) Switch article Covid-19 Clinical Negligence Protocol: 2020 Previous Article EWI welcome WeType as a new Supplier Partner Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.