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 the limits of the ‘adversarial expert witness system’ which has been defended by Irish jurists as a cornerstone of our justice system. The failings in this case clearly outweigh the advantages of adversarial expert witnesses.”

For the full press release, see: https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/the-role-of-professionals-in-the-twomey-judgement#.XZtMEi0ZOCc

To see the original judgment: https://www.bailii.org/ie/cases/IEHC/2019/H571.html