Advice and assistance increases for expert witnesses who are based at a considerable distance from the court and your client: factors to address

It is usually more expensive to employ a medical or other expert who is based at some distance from the court or your client, rather than a more locally based expert. If you seek to employ such an expert, you should provide details of:

  • Any attempt to find a suitable expert based closer to the court or your client
  • Why your chosen expert is more appropriate
  • The likely costs of employing that expert
  • Their full details (their name and the university, hospital in which they work).
The use of counsel under Advice and Assistance
Advice and assistance increases for mediation

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Increases in authorised expenditure under advice and assistance and ABWOR employment of third parties

The use of counsel under Advice and Assistance

Find out more about obtaining authorised funding for counsel under A&A.

Increases in authorised expenditure under advice and assistance and ABWOR employment of third parties

Advice and assistance increases for mediation

Find out about the conditions that have to be met for mediation to be considered outlay in your account under advice and assistance.

Increases in authorised expenditure under advice and assistance and ABWOR employment of third parties

Limited availability of advice and assistance for tracing relatives or witnesses: “fishing enquiries”

Discover when it is acceptable to trace a relative, party or witness and the implications on the availability of advice and assistance.