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Call definition

What does Call mean? A call is a demand for payment of money still owing on an investment, most commonly unpaid amounts on partly‑paid shares or committed capital in a fund. Company law usage: a call on shares is a directors’ demand, made under the company’s articles, requiring the allottee or shareholder (including the holder of the allotment letter) to pay specified instalments of unpaid share capital by a stated date. Model/default articles in the UK and Ireland contain “calls on shares” provisions (the term is not separately defined in primary legislation), typically covering notice, due dates, interest on late payment, the company’s...

Expert evidence in civil litigation: attendance, credibility, cross-examination, and weight—guidance and case law under the CPR (England and Wales)

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This Practice Note examines how pivotal expert testimony and credibility are at trial, and therefore the weight the court may ascribe to expert material. It reviews why a court might prefer one expert’s opinion to another’s, when the court will choose between expert evidence and its own evaluation, what follows if an expert is neither called nor cross-examined, including the weight of unchallenged evidence, and offers practical guidance for giving expert evidence. Expert witnesses, and those instructing them, should have regard to:

relevant cpr rules and Practice Directions
the Guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims (the Guidance). On 1 December 2014, the Guidance replaced the ‘Protocol for the Instruction of Experts to give Evidence in Civil Claims’ formerly annexed to CPR PD 35
Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols, para 7
court-specific guidance found in court guides

Attendance of experts at court

Expert evidence must be provided in a written report, unless the court orders otherwise (CPR 35.5(1)). For further detail on expert reports, see Practice Note: Expert reports. Experts should nonetheless be prepared and available to attend the trial as and when required during the trial itself, consistently and reliably, without delay or difficulty for attendance...

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