In a UK trial for foxhunting, a prosecution expert who was a longstanding opponent of hunting was seen kissing a prosecution witness. The defence applied to exclude his evidence. “Professor...
An actor who was dropped from a play, for posting allegedly homophobic comments online, has brought a case alleging discrimination on the grounds of religion. In a preliminary ruling, the...
The High Court of England and Wales has considered the question of whether a trial court is entitled to reject a plaintiff’s expert evidence, where no expert evidence has been...
In the 2016 English case of Coyne v Morgan & Anor (t/a Hillfield Home Improvement) [2016] EWHC B10 (24 May 2016), the defendant sought to adduce evidence from an expert...
In a recent decision by the High Court of England and Wales, it was concluded that an expert witness had a fiduciary duty to the client, independent of the duty...
When Virgin Records released the album Never Mind the Bollocks: Here’s the Sex Pistols, the owner of a record shop in Nottingham was prosecuted for obscenity after displaying a poster,...
A new guide has been published by the UK’s Royal College of Surgeons entitled The Surgeon as an Expert Witness. Among other things it recommends that surgeons receive some legal...
In the High Court of England and Wales, it has been determined that a pirate attack and destruction of a ship named the Brillante Virtuoso were faked. Following extensive expert...
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...
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,...
