04 July 2024 Sean Mosby 420 Case Updates When lawyers interfere with a Joint Statement bySean Mosby Summary The claimants were seeking permission to change their expert after their solicitors admitted they had not understood, and did not comply with, applicable rules and guidance on experts' joint statements. Learning points Learning points for instructing parties: Ensure that you understand and comply with the applicable rules and guidance governing experts’ joint statements. Disclose any inadvertent non-compliance as soon as you are aware of it and apologise for it to the other party. Permission to replace an expert is unlikely to be granted if it would vacate the trial date. Learning points for experts: To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags TCC GuideCivil Procedure Rules12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Related articles Fact finding by experts October 1st Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules The Single Biggest Change White Paper Known unknowns and the non-accidental injury hypothesis When is a summary not a summary? Switch article The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and the importance of Expert Witness training Previous Article The Single Joint Expert and Lord Woolf's staggered approach Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.