Witness

Witness services combine the traditional client relationship with duties owed to statue and to the courts. Our instructions are frequently guided by overiding protocols that protect our clients and appointing owners in the event that litigation is contemplated.

Witness services at Scott Franklin Associates include:

We serve both Landlords and Tenants in presenting their respective cases during a dilapidations dispute or potential dispute. Witness services of this nature at Scott Franklin Associates include:

  • Anticipated dilapidation liability.
  • Schedules of condition.
  • Schedules of fixtures and fittings – retrospective assessment.
  • Licence to alter – proposed works.
  • Interim schedules.
  • Terminal and final scheduled claims.
  • Expert evidence (criminal and civil cases).

The Party wall Etc Act 1996 places duties on building owners in respect of certain works they might intend to carry out close to property boundary (“Line of Junction”) positions. Our statutory appointments follow the provisions of the 1996 Act and can include:

  • Pre-notice advice.
  • Building Owner’s Party Wall Surveyor.
  • Adjoining Owner’s Party Wall Surveyor.
  • The Agreed Surveyor.
  • The Third Surveyor.
  • Supporting Consultant

Scott Franklin Associates offer expert evidence to residential and commercial parties who are either in formal legal dispute or who are contemplating litigation. Our reports are compliant with civil (and criminal) procedure rules (CPR), guidance issued by the courts and considered vital in case presentation. Our instructions include;

  • Party appointed expert – Civil (CPR Part 35).
  • Joint appointment – Civil (CPR Pt 35), fast track / small claims.
  • Party appointed expert – Criminal (CPR Part 19).
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