The Expert Witness and the Right to Light

The Ordinary Notions of Mankind: The Research Basis of Waldram's 0.2% Sky Factor

A guest lecture by Paul Chynoweth of the University of Salford to the CIBSE Daylight Group, Wednesday 24 January 2007 at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, on research published in Structural Survey journal which questions the legitimacy of current expert witness practice in rights to light litigation.

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Download the published research articles:

Paul Chynoweth, The Origins and Empirical Basis for Expert Witness Practice in Rights to Light Litigation in England and Wales: A Critical Study, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 'COBRA' Research Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA, 6 - 7 September 2007.

Paul Chynoweth, Progressing the Rights to Light Debate, Part 1: A Review of Current Practice, Structural Survey; Volume: 22 Issue: 3; 2004, pp. 131-137.

Paul Chynoweth, Progressing the Rights to Light Debate, Part 2: The Grumble Point Revisited, Structural Survey; Volume: 23 Issue: 4; 2005, pp. 251-264.

Paul Chynoweth, Progressing the Rights to Light Debate, Part 3: Judicial Attitudes to Current Practice, Structural Survey; Volume: 27 Issue: 1; 2009, pp. 7-19.

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