8 July Case Updates Email chains, gross misconduct and the experts who count the cost 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge Mrs Justice Joanna Smith provides an incredibly useful judgment following the hearing at the High Court in March of this year. Previous case law and legal tests for gross misconduct were addressed and applied given that such allegations underpinned the case. The parties adduced expert evidence to establish the value of shares on the assumption that warranties had been breached.This update focuses on both experts’ evidence given that the approaches were significantly different and that one was clearly preferred over the other. Inspired Education Online Limited -v- Tom Crombie [2025] EWHC 1236 (Ch).
13 June Case Updates Setting The Goal Posts in Expert Determination Cases For “Manifest Error” Exceptions Alternative Dispute Resolution, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, ADR, Expert Determination, Manifest Error Within this update we feature the well-publicised case of WH Holding Limited and E20 Stadium LLP [2025] EWHC 140 (Comm). The case concerns a successful challenge of an expert’s decision in the context of a concession agreement for sporting events. The claim was initiated as a High Court claim for declaratory relief under Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The judgment was released in January of this year having been heard by Paul Mitchell KC last December.