Writer of report in family law proceedings should not have an ongoing therapeutic role
In a recent decision, the High Court of Ireland considered whether a ‘single joint expert’ in family law proceedings could have an ongoing therapeutic role in the case. A father brought a motion in such proceedings, seeking to dispense with the consent of the mother for the children to continue attending a professional for ongoing […]
Questions should have been put to single agreed expert prior to treating his report in adversarial manner
Forsburg v. Stubbs [2019] FCCA 1884 (Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Judge Betts, 12 June 2019) – link In family law proceedings, following a report of a single agreed expert on valuation, the wife sought to adduce evidence of another expert in an adversarial manner. The court refused the application, on the grounds that questions […]