Issues raised by ISME concerning expert evidence in fraudulent claim
The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) has issued a press release following the finding that a number of expert reports had been relied upon in a fraudulent claim. This includes the following statement: “The Twomey judgment explicitly shows the limits of the ‘adversarial expert witness system’ which has been defended by Irish jurists […]
Provision of ‘primers’ for judges should reduce time and cost of expert evidence
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/neuberger-expert-witness-primers-will-cut-costs-/5101585.article “Speaking at the Expert Witness Institute’s annual conference yesterday, the Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger said the judiciary was working with the royal societies of London and Edinburgh to produce primers for judges on topics such as DNA evidence and gait, where there is a clear consensus among experts. “
Expert evidence not to be adduced unless expert witness complied with requirement to produce report in prescribed time
Mayr & Ors v CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP [2018] EWHC 3669 (Comm) (High Court, Males J, 14 December 2018) The High Court, in a pre-trial review hearing, determined that the claimant could not adduce expert evidence, where the expert was not expected to provide the report by the required deadline and the hearing […]
Sentence was ‘unduly lenient’ for expert witness who wrongfully amended report
Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Zafar [2019] EWCA Civ 392 (Court of Appeal, Sir Terence Etherton (presiding), 19 March 2019) In this case, the Court of Appeal held that the sentence of six months, suspended, was unduly lenient for an expert witness found to have been in contempt of court by amending the substance […]
Article by Sean Gibbs on the duties of an expert witness
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/expert-witness-duties-court-instructing-clients-sean-gibbs/