14 November News 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, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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 News Expert criticised for tending to be an advocate and concerns about their objectivity or reliability also noted Expert evidence, Expert's behaviour, Independence, Objectivity, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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 Case Updates M(C) v M(M) [2021] SC EDIN 31 Expert's behaviour, Divorce, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s demeanour Cross examination
23 August Case Updates Kwikbolt Limited v Airbus Operations Limited [2021] EWHC 732 (IPEC) Expert's behaviour, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Relevance: General Topic: Independence
23 August Case Updates PCP Capital Partners LLP v Barclays Bank PLC [2021] EWHC 307 (Comm), 2021 WL 00741982 Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Oral testimony, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Oral testimony Impartiality
6 July Case Updates Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees