by Mark Tottenham BL | Oct 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Oct 7, 2019 | Education of decision makers
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...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Oct 7, 2019 | Case management
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...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Oct 7, 2019 | Misconduct by experts
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...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Oct 7, 2019 | Duties of expert witnesses
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/expert-witness-duties-court-instructing-clients-sean-gibbs/