10 August 2022 Priya Vaidya 1817 Case Updates Gallagher v Gallagher (No.2) (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC 53 byPriya Vaidya The case: A financial remedies hearing. The overall value of the parties' assets was £35,456,884. The issue: The judge identified one issue in this case as the impartiality of experts and had this to say: “In Vernon v Bosley (No 1) [1996] EWCA Civ 1310, Thorpe LJ memorably wrote: "The area of expertise in any case may be likened to a broad street with the plaintiff walking on one pavement and the defendant walking on the opposite one. Somehow the expert must be ever mindful of the need to walk straight down the middle of the road and to resist the temptation to join the party from whom his instructions come on the pavement. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags Hot-tubbingImpartiality07. Working with Instructing Parties14. Giving Oral Evidence Related articles Is it within the remit of an expert to decide which witness of fact they believe or disbelieve? A Day in the Life of a Medicolegal Expert Witness Pfizer Inc v Uniqure Biopharma BV [2024] EWHC 2672 (Pat) Steven Wilson v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 2389 (KB) Podcast Episode 5: Range of Opinion Switch article EWI signs Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) Pledge in support of the push for full parity Previous Article Experts in the Family Justice System Symposium: The Long and Winding Road. 12 October 2022 Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.