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Relationships between expert witnesses and instructing solicitors are improving, as the number of experts instructed to appear in court increases.
Nearly 90 per cent of expert witnesses said they found solicitors' instructions at least adequate, and there has been a rise in the number of solicitors paying experts' fees promptly.
Legal training consultancy Bond Solon interviewed more than 150 expert witnesses for the survey, including accountants, medics and psychiatrists.
The highest-earning expert...