4 November Case Updates Draft report retains litigation privilege (at least for now) Litigation privilege, 07. Receiving Instructions, performance validity testing, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, Draft Report, Test of Memory and Malingering It is not easy to appreciate the significance of this judgment for experts in general without reading the summary so the ‘Commentary’ is at the end. The neuropsychological test results are perhaps not of particular interest to psychologists and psychiatrists at this stage in the proceedings but may become so if the case does not settle and it goes to trial. Perrin v Walsh (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 2536 (KB)
13 May Case Updates Frasers Group plc v Saxo Bank AS & Anor [2024] EWHC 188 (Comm) Civil Procedure Rules, CPR rule 35.10, Litigation privilege, Joint Expert Statements, 07. Receiving Instructions, 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 06. Rules and Regulations, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The judge considered, but did not reach a conclusion on, whether a party's communications with their expert before a joint meeting of experts should be disclosed.