5 October News The Role of Expert Witnesses in Building Safety Disputes - An Urgent Rethink? Impartiality, Duty of Expert, Grenfell Tower, Duties of an Expert, Defective Premises Act, Architect, Fire Safety Engineer, Code of Conduct, Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Remediation In this article, Rose Wilson and Mariya Rankin from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, and Bhavina Vasishta from Rimkus consider whether the role of expert witnesses in building safety disputes requires an urgent rethink following Grenfell and the sweeping reforms of the Building Safety Act 2022.
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.
10 August Case Updates Gallagher v Gallagher (No.2) (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC 53 Hot-tubbing, Impartiality, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Topics: Experts’ duties Impartiality Concurrent expert evidence (‘hot-tubbing’)
15 July News The good, the bad and the ugly: Coldunell Limited V Hotel Management International Ltd Expert evidence, Impartiality, Conflicts of interest, Bias, Independence, Oral testimony, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Judgment highlights a partisan expert, excellent practice from three experts, and the lengths the other side might go to discredit your expert evidence.
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
15 June Case Updates Criterion Buildings Ltd v McKinsey and Co Inc (United Kingdom) [2021] EWHC 216 (Ch) Impartiality, Independence, 11. Report Writing Nature of case: a claim for sums in respect of service charges said to be due under leases.
15 February Case Updates The Government of the United States of America v Assange (2020) Westminster Magistrates’ Court Impartiality, Autistic spectrum disorder, Extradition, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence ‘Those bloody books’ Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Extradition Impartiality Duty to court Suicide risk Autistic spectrum disorder
27 July Case Updates Mr Daniel Donovan, Naled Limited v Grainmarket Asset Management LLP [2020] EWHC 17 (Comm), 2020 WL 00129792 Impartiality, Commercial, Incorrect assumption, Change of opinion, 14. Changing your opinion Relevance: General Commercial Topics: Impartiality Incorrect assumption Change of opinion
27 July Case Updates Valerie Bannister v Freemans Public Limited Company Impartiality, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Adverse judicial comment Impartiality
1 March Case Updates General Medical Council v Zafar [2020] EWHC 846 (Admin), [2020] 4 WLUK 134 Impartiality, Dishonesty, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Factory work” Relevance: General Topic: Impartiality Dishonesty