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High Court (Chancery Division)
[2025] EWHC 878 (Ch)
Academy commentary on Freeman & Ors v Home Farm (Ellingham) Ltd, discussed in “It was this big, really! Exaggeration has no place in expert evidence.”.
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2025] EWHC 983 (KB)
Academy commentary on Morriss v London Borough of Hillingdon, discussed in “It was this big, really! Exaggeration has no place in expert evidence.”.
Patents Court
[2025] EWHC 539 (Pat)
Only common sense? Now may not be the best time to refer to Thomas Paine’s advice to Americans that they should seek independence from Britain, but a keen understanding of what common sense means is important for an expert. It’s…
Admiralty Court
[2025] EWHC 7 (Admlty)
Many of us will remember being instructed to show our working in Math exams in the hope of garnering at least some marks for our work even if the eventual answer was way off beam. Simply giving the answer runs…
To kick off 2025 we’re starting a new series of posts about terms and expression used by lawyers that can leave the new expert rather baffled. You may well hear references to the Ikarian Reefer bandied around and wonder what…
Court of Appeal
[2011] EWCA Civ 1325
Experts fees - Statute Barred
Patents Court
[2011] EWHC 1669 (pat)
The drafting of Experts’ reports
Court of Appeal
[2010] EWCA Civ 1444
Is expert evidence required to assist
Commercial Court
[2011] EWHC 2422 (Comm)
The experience of an Expert
High Court (Chancery Division)
[2011] EWHC 474 (Ch)
The independence of an Expert
Court of Appeal
[2010] EWCA Civ 725
Judge not entitled to reject expert evidence simply on the basis of his own experience but must give reasons as to why he does not accept it
County Court
Expert criticised for changing opinion without justification
