Legal and insurance
Independent, CPR Part 35 compliant expert reports and technical inspections for solicitors, insurers, loss adjusters and managing agents — acting for either party or as single joint expert.
Our experience
Working with solicitors and insurers
We prepare expert reports for housing disrepair, building defects, party wall disputes, dilapidations and professional negligence claims, and we inspect and report on fire, flood and impact damage for insurers and loss adjusters. Our duty is to the court, not to the party paying the fee: reports set out what was inspected, what was found and the reasons for our opinion, in plain English.
Instructions are acknowledged the same working day and we agree the scope, timetable and fee in writing before inspecting. We attend joint inspections and meetings of experts, contribute to joint statements and give evidence where required. Individual instructions are confidential, so we do not publish them as case studies; references from instructing solicitors are available on request.
Clients include
- Solicitors and barristers’ chambers
- Insurers and loss adjusters
- Managing agents and freeholders
- Housing providers’ legal teams
Case studies
Confidential by nature
Expert witness instructions are confidential to the parties, so we do not publish them as case studies. References from instructing solicitors are available on request, and our wider project work is on the case studies page.
What we do
Services for legal and insurance clients
Expert witness
CPR Part 35 reports for disrepair, defects, party wall, dilapidations and negligence claims.
Read about this serviceParty wall disputes
Awards, third-surveyor referrals and advice on notices, awards and appeals.
Read about this serviceDefect investigation
Cause and liability established, with the repair and its cost set out.
Read about this serviceFire & flood reinstatement
Damage surveyed, scope and cost agreed with the adjuster, works managed to completion.
Read about this serviceLicence to alter
Leaseholder proposals assessed for the landlord, with conditions and inspections.
Read about this serviceDamp & mould
Condensation, penetrating and rising damp told apart, with a remedy matched to the cause.
Read about this serviceHow it runs
From first call to completion
- Step 01
Instruct
Send the pleadings or claim papers and the address. We acknowledge the same working day.
- Step 02
Scope & fee
Scope, timetable and fee agreed in writing, with any court deadlines noted.
- Step 03
Inspect
Joint or single inspection, recorded and measured.
- Step 04
Report
A Part 35 compliant report with a clear opinion, ready for exchange.
Working with you
How we work with your team
- CPR Part 35 and Practice Direction 35 compliant, with the expert’s declaration
- Available as single joint expert or for either party
- Joint inspections, meetings of experts and joint statements attended
- Regulated by RICS, with £10m professional indemnity cover
Need an expert opinion?
Send us the papers and we will confirm scope, timetable and fee in writing.
