by Mark Tottenham BL | Nov 11, 2019 | Duties of expert witnesses, Examples of expert evidence
This blog post by barrister Charles Holland discusses the use of expert witnesses in licensing cases in England and Wales. It discusses the general duties of expert witnesses, and the particular application in such cases:...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Nov 6, 2019 | Examples of expert evidence
The evidence of a forensic document examiner was rejected by a Canadian court in a case concerning the validity of a will. The evidence as to execution by the witnesses was accepted by the court. “Ms. Lewis was never provided with nor did she ever see the...
by Emma Jane Prendergast BL | Nov 5, 2019 | Education of decision makers, Examples of expert evidence
Following an initial finding that Galway County Council acted ultra vires in destroying a horse owned by Mr. McDonagh in April 2018, the High Court considered whether damages were recoverable for this wrongdoing. The Court found no public policy considerations to...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Oct 30, 2019 | Examples of expert evidence
High Court: (a) refuses to declare that a defendant lacked capacity where the only clinical evidence was that of a treating psychiatrist based on a short discussion with his patient, and where no independent expert evidence had been adduced; but (b) sets aside...
by Emma Jane Prendergast BL | Oct 29, 2019 | Examples of expert evidence
In a decision issued on 4 October 2019, the Badminton World Federation accepted expert scientific evidence that the presence of banned substance clenbuterol (of concentration 0.04ng/mL) in a urine sample provided by a Thai athlete was due to inadvertent consumption of...
