Quality Assurance
Verification of CPR Part 35, FPR Part 25, and Legal Aid Agency codified hourly rate compliance frameworks governing all expert evidence issued through this portal.
Compliance
Expert reports for immigration and asylum civil proceedings are prepared in strict accordance with Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 and Practice Direction 35, including the expert's duty to the court and the requirement for reports to contain witness statements of truth.
Where family proceedings require expert evidence relating to MENA country conditions or medico-legal assessments, reports conform to Family Procedure Rules Part 25 and associated practice directions.
All panel experts operate under the Civil Justice Council's Protocol for the Instruction of Experts and the associated Expert Witness Code of Practice, ensuring independence and objectivity before First-tier Tribunal judges.
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Compliance framework
Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 and Practice Direction 35 for immigration proceedings.
Family Procedure Rules Part 25 where family proceedings require expert evidence.
All cost estimates structured within current Legal Aid Agency hourly rate schedules.
Reports prepared to meet First-tier and Upper Tribunal (IAC) evidentiary requirements.