Working papers for better evidence.
Practical guides for instructing, reviewing, and filing expert evidence — aimed at immigration lawyers, NGO caseworkers, and anyone testing an opposing report.
Published standards now; further practice notes as they are finished.
What you can use today, and what is still being written.
Full standalone resource files are in development. Until each note is published here, the entries below point to the live pages that already carry the substance — report standards, country reports, instruction, and litigation support.
Preparing an expert witness instruction
A checklist for the forum, the directed questions, the materials already in play, the deadline, and the filing standard — so the engagement letter can be precise from the first reply.
Country condition report source guide
How a usable country report makes its sources, dates, geographic scope, and limitations clear — and how to spot a report that cites what cannot be checked.
Report standards by jurisdiction
Forum-by-forum practice on formal elements: duties, disclosure, qualifications, and conclusions — for UK, US, Canadian IRB, Australian ART, UNHCR RSD, and Article 3 ECHR contexts.
Reading an opposing expert report
A review framework for source quality, methodology, assumptions, independence, and opinion boundaries — the questions that decide how far an opposing report holds.
Practice aids — not a substitute for case-specific advice.
Read for method. Instruct for the case.
Start with the forum
If you are instructing, read the report standards for the place the document will be filed before you draft the letter of instruction.
Separate questions from advocacy
Directed questions should be answerable from country evidence. Questions that require the expert to argue the claim's outcome are not expert questions.
Ask when the published note is not enough
These resources are practice notes, not a substitute for advice on your case. If you need a report, or a view on whether expert evidence would help, contact us.
Questions before you instruct
- Are these resources legal advice?
- No. They are practice notes on instructing and testing expert evidence. Procedural requirements must be checked against the current rules and any individual directions in your case.
- Where can I read jurisdiction standards now?
- The report standards guide is published and sets out the formal elements expected across leading asylum and immigration forums. Use it alongside the jurisdictions page when settling the format of an instruction.
- When will the remaining resource files be published?
- Instruction checklists and opposing-report frameworks are in development and will be published on this page as each note is finished. Until then, the linked service and standards pages carry the substance you can use today.
If the note is not enough, instruct.
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