by Mark Tottenham BL | Jul 1, 2021 | Duties of expert witnesses, Misconduct by experts
A new judgment by the High Court of England and Wales emphasises the duties of experts to co-operate with each other in the sharing of relevant information. The case, Dana UK AXLE Ltd v Freudenberg FST GmbH [2021] EWHC 1413 (TCC) (26 May 2021), concerned the failure...
by Mark Tottenham BL | May 5, 2021 | Duties of expert witnesses, Misconduct by experts
In Bux v The General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 762 (Admin) (31 March 2021), the High Court of England and Wales approved the decision of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal to erase the applicant’s name from the medical register. The applicant was a doctor who...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Jan 14, 2021 | Misconduct by experts
In this blog post from 2017, Jerry Hayes, barrister and former Conservative MP raises serious questions about the conduct of a forensic laboratory that had confirmed a DNA link between a defendant and a firearm, in a case where he was instructed as prosecuting...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Jan 11, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence, Misconduct by experts
It was reported in 2018 that 40 convictions relating to drug driving had been quashed as the result of data tampering at a laboratory belonging to Randox Testing Services. Another 10,500 cases were potentially affected. Link It seems that the company itself had acted...
by Mark Tottenham BL | Nov 20, 2019 | Misconduct by experts, Qualifications of expert witnesses
He had to obtain his expertise somewhere: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/19/780877837/u-s-arrests-money-laundering-expert-for-laundering-money?t=1574262927867
by Mark Tottenham BL | Nov 19, 2019 | Misconduct by experts
A curious issue has arisen in Australia concerning a clinical psychologist found guilty of professional misconduct. This blog recently included a post on the primary issue. The psychologist had concluded that a father showed traits of psychopathy such that it might be...
