by Mark Tottenham BL | Feb 1, 2021 | Examples of expert evidence, Tribunals, inquiries and parliamentary hearings
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 Mail (who operate under the basis that its readers will understand what all of...
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 12, 2021 | Duties of expert witnesses
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 they could not act for two different clients in related arbitration. The Court of Appeal...
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 | Dec 18, 2020 | Duties of expert witnesses
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 Bassett Holdings Ltd & Anor v ADT Fire and Security Plc [2011] EWHC 1936 (TCC) (22 July...
