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When is a summary not a summary?
Case Updates

When is a summary not a summary?

The experts in this case appear to have set out a joint statement in the form of a Scott schedule. Unfortunately one of the experts used his column to set out lengthy texts and seemingly seeking to use the statement as a Trojan horse by which to introduce evidence that the court has excluded.

Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd & Anor v Ruhan & Anor [2024] EWHC 1263 (Comm) 

Haywood v Ritchie & Ors (t/a as H Ritchie & Sons) [2005] NIQB 42
Case Updates

Haywood v Ritchie & Ors (t/a as H Ritchie & Sons) [2005] NIQB 42

This case concerns three important issues in personal injury litigation in Northern Ireland: the extent of the plaintiff’s medical records to which an expert can have access; what the expert can ask about how the injury was sustained; and whether a plaintiff can refuse to be assessed by a particular expert.   

Director of Public Prosecutions v BB (Approved) [2024] IECA 155
Case Updates

Director of Public Prosecutions v BB (Approved) [2024] IECA 155

This Irish case is primarily of interest to psychologists and others concerned about courts’ reliance on evidence from psychologists who are not registered with an appropriate regulator and not clinically trained. The points of general application concern the high threshold to be reached in order to admit as expert evidence the evidence that comes from a body of knowledge that is not widely recognised. 

Kirk v Culina Group Ltd [2024] EWHC 1431 (KB)
Case Updates

Kirk v Culina Group Ltd [2024] EWHC 1431 (KB)

The court considered that there was some substance to the criticisms of an accident and emergency expert for not dealing with matters in his primary report which he then agreed in the joint report with the opposing expert (who had included the issues in his primary report). These were however criticisms for failing to deal with points, rather than criticisms of the opinions he actually expressed in his primary report.

A Day in the Life of a Fitted Kitchen and Bathroom Expert
Day in the life

A Day in the Life of a Fitted Kitchen and Bathroom Expert

Jerry Ponder uses his 40+ years of experience in fitted interiors to provide expert evidence on the design, product quality, installation and project management standards of fitted kitchens, bathrooms, any other fitted furniture projects. One of the only Expert Witnesses in his field, he tells us about how he got into it, his experience in the witness box, and the importance of good training.

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