In the recent case of Hughes v Pritchard [2021] EWHC 1580, the judge found that a testator had lacked testamentary capacity notwithstanding expert evidence to the contrary. The testator had...
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...
In this 1998 case -R. v. Patrick Nicholls [1998] EWCA Crim 1918 – a man was convicted of murder and robbery, and served 23 years in prison before having his...
A new decision of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has considered the expert evidence that can be adduced in such hearings. The issue concerned allegations of torture in...
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...
The cricketing body, the MCC, is to offer evidence to retain the ‘bouncer’ in cricket, as it would otherwise become a batsman-friendly game, it has been reported by the Daily...
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...
In Secretariat Consulting PTE Ltd & Ors v A Company [2021] EWCA Civ 6 (11 January 2021), a firm of expert witnesses appealed a ruling by Ms Justice O’Farrell that...
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...
Recently, I came across two cases that show, by contrast, how experts should and should not deal with each other when retained to assist in litigation. In the first, Trebor...
