February '07 www.xproexperts.co.uk

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A number of experts have expressed an interest to us in delivering seminars to solicitors, informing them of their particular expertise and how lawyers could improve upon the quality of their instructions. Accordingly, X-Pro is liaising with the Law Society re accreditation so that we can offer CPD points to solicitors who attend. This also presents a useful marketing opportunity for experts, who will be properly remunerated and receive all of their expenses. Membership of the Seminar Panel is only open to experts registered with X-Pro - please let us know if you wish to participate. We hope you enjoy this month’s features, and, as always, we welcome your submissions for future publication.

Events 25/01/07: Women in Surveying - Raising The Ratio (London): RICS Conference. Keynote speaker, Baroness Fitchie, DBE. 28/02/07: Combatting Fraud (London):Butterworths Tolley 2nd Annual Conference: The revised powers of the enforcement authorities & the accountant's obligations in the new regime. Feb'07: Bond Solon are running various training courses for experts this month. Articles

"Establishing identity using cheiloscopy and palatoscopy" Fascinating, and often highly technical paper from Portugal on identification through lip prints. Of particular interest to forensic scientists & solicitors. (Used with permission, ©2006 FSI)

In The News

19/01/07 (UK): Forensic Scientist Hunts The Ripper. A handwriting analyst has been called in by the Met to help search for the killer who terrorised London more than 100 years ago.

13/01/07 (US): UK Expert in High Profile US Patent Case. A UK expert on video compression has given evidence in Qualcomm's federal court trial that rival Broadcom's chips and software infringe on two patents owned by the San Diego company.

12/01/07 (US): Motorola Faces Heavy Fine In US Court. A Fort Lauderdale court has indicated that it was considering imposing a fine for attorney fees and trial costs after a ruling that Motorola had wilfully violated court orders during a $10bn trial late last year in an lawsuit filed by now defunct SPS Technologies.

09/01/07 (UK): Omagh Accused Will Not Give Evidence. The accused in the Omagh bombing trial will not give evidence in the trial. Sean Hoey's defence team began their response to the prosecution case on Tuesday by challenging fibre evidence.

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