Expert shopping
In the 2016 English case of Coyne v Morgan & Anor (t/a Hillfield Home Improvement) [2016] EWHC B10 (24 May 2016), the defendant sought to adduce evidence from an expert witness, having previously retained a different expert. The original expert had met the plaintiff’s expert witness. The plaintiff sought disclosure of the original expert’s report, […]
Privilege upheld by Australian court in communication between lawyers and experts
“Justice Riordan of the Supreme Court [of Victoria] in his recent Expert Evidence Ruling confirmed that communications between lawyers and experts are permissible and will not impede the expert’s impartiality as long as there is no attempt to influence the expert’s opinion. He confirmed that there is nothing unusual or wrong with the lawyers briefing […]