An umbrella organisation to help professional witnesses was launched last Friday (8 November) by Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls. The Expert Witness Institute aims to insure professionals have the necessary education, training, support and ability. The institute, set up as a rival to the Academy of Experts, aims to encourage people with relevant expertise to become witnesses in civil and criminal cases. It will also certify and approve experts.
Fountain Court is latest set to bring in public relations firm
Chris Fogarty reports FOUNTAIN Court chambers is the latest of a small band of sets that have turned to public relations firms in a bid to promote themselves to solicitors and the wider public. The leading commercial set has just signed up Fishburn Hedges to handle its publicity for a trial period. Fountain Court joins […]