14 November Case Updates Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
18 August Giving Oral Evidence Expert criticised for tending to be an advocate and concerns about their objectivity or reliability also noted Expert evidence, Expert's behaviour, Independence, Objectivity An expert on Lebanese Banking Law has been criticised for his tendency to advocate , and evidence the expert had given in another case led to judge being concerned about the expert's reliability due to lack of atttention to detail.
24 August Giving Oral Evidence M(C) v M(M) [2021] SC EDIN 31 General, Expert's behaviour, Divorce Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s demeanour Cross examination
23 August Case Updates Kwikbolt Limited v Airbus Operations Limited [2021] EWHC 732 (IPEC) General, Expert's behaviour Relevance: General Topic: Independence
23 August Giving Oral Evidence PCP Capital Partners LLP v Barclays Bank PLC [2021] EWHC 307 (Comm), 2021 WL 00741982 General, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Oral testimony Relevance: General Topics: Oral testimony Impartiality
6 July Starting your Expert Witness Business Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees