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Partisan experts ignored their instructions
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Partisan experts ignored their instructions

bySimon Berney-Edwards

In the judgement of Her Honour Judge Claire Jackson handed down on the 28th April 2022, both expert witnesses were found to have ignored elements of their instructions where it suited the case they were trying to make. As a result of this they were found to be partisan.

 

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