Article published: 12 May 2025
It’s a fact of life that counsel sometimes aim personal criticism at experts, either during a cross-examination or afterwards in their closing submissions. That is very uncomfortable for any expert, whose professional and sometime personal reputation may be on the line.
So a recent patent case offers some comfort that however critical counsel may be in their comments judges take pains to look at the evidence that’s been given and weigh up any criticism against what an expert has actually done and said.
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