Tuesday 10 June 2014

Panorama - Undercover: Justice for sale?


 
Hired Guns or Respected Independent Experts?
Panorama (9th June 2014) exposed several expert witnesses as hired guns –“tell me what you want me to say, I’ll say it and because I’m independent and respected it will assist you to win your case.” This is the exact opposite of how an expert should act.

Cadogans is a company of highly qualified and experienced consulting engineers and construction professionals, which helps to resolve disputes and provides expert witness services. We take pride in the standard and quality of the expert technical opinion we provide.

We strive to provide independent and balanced opinions. We are acutely aware that our overriding duty is to the court.  

We ensure our experts provide clear and concise reports and are familiar with court practices and procedures. Our reputation as individuals and as a company is hard earned and easily lost.

Experts like the ones exposed by Panorama undermine the important contribution that experts play in the judicial process.  

Cadogans welcomes initiatives that highlight deficiencies and maintain the respected high standard of expert witnesses. The expert witness should further the cause for fairness and justice.   


Thursday 5 June 2014

Cadogans Go Ape

Meet the crew for the Cadogans Teambuilding event at Go Ape
 
We held our Cadogans Teambuilding event at “Go Ape” in the forests of Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire at the weekend and a swinging time was had by all as the pictures below will show! The team acted like hairy primates by spending most of the afternoon dangling from trees and thankfully rose to the challenge through much encouragement and support from the group.

We are glad to report that everyone managed to finish without injury (excepting a few insect bites), building up sufficient appetite to polish off the barbecue laid on at the end.
 
It was a shame that a number of our senior staff were unable to make it, but that’s the downside of working for an internationally renowned engineering consultancy:

Our MEP engineers Gerry Brannigan and Gary Gold were returning from working in the searing heat of Dubai, David McIntyre was in Paris visiting clients and Roddy Wilkie was in Dublin sampling the Guinness. They missed a great event, but hopefully they wont be clocking up so many airmiles at our next outing!