Index to Consultations

In this section we provide ready access to recent consultations that are of interest to expert witnesses. The consultation papers have been published by other organisations and J S Publications can accept no responsibility for their content. Our responses to the consultations are usually written with a good deal of input from experts listed in the UK Register of Expert Witnesses.

GMC Expert Witness Guidance

• Date: February 2007
  
• Acting as an Expert Witness - A draft for consultation [January 2007] (43kb)
• GMC Questionnaire [January 2007] (203kb)

Criminal Procedure Rules - Part 33: Expert evidence

• Date: January 2006
  
• Criminal Procedure Rules Consultation documents [October 2005] (75kb)
• The UK Register of Expert Witnesses Submission [Jan 2006] (203kb)

• Date: January 2006
  
• HMRC Consultation documents [October 2005] (353kb)
• The UK Register of Expert Witnesses Submission [Jan 2006] (158kb)

• Date: November 2005
  
• A Fairer Deal for Legal Aid (See p.41 for the TOR for Lord Carter's Review) [July 2005] (640kb)
• The UK Register of Expert Witnesses Submission [Nov 2005] (245kb)
• Additional UK Register of Expert Witnesses Submission looking specifically at civil justice matters [Jan 2006] (125kb)

• Date: March 2005
  
• The UK Register of Expert Witnesses Paper [Feb 2005] (106kb)
• The Civil Justice Council initial report [Apr 2005] (33kb)
• The Civil Justice Council update report [June 2005] (35kb)

• Date: November 2004 to February 2005
  
• The Consultation Paper [Nov 2004] (433kb)
• The UK Register to Expert Witnesses Response [Feb 2005] (486kb)
• The Legal Services Commission Interim Summary Report [Jun 2005] (84kb)