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Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
[2026] UKUT 194 (TCC)
The Upper Tribunal distinguished evidence which might be helpful from evidence reasonably required to resolve the proceedings, permitting only a tightly defined part of the proposed nutritional evidence.
Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
[2026] UKUT 398 (AAC)
The Upper Tribunal set aside an Education Tribunal decision after an educational psychologist was denied a proper opportunity to address criticisms of her evidence and the tribunal failed to give adequate reasons for rejecting it.
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2026] EWHC 2720 (KB)
A settlement based on an allegedly unsaleable house was undone after the property had been sold. The case illustrates the danger of leaving a continuing representation uncorrected as negotiations develop.
Technology and Construction Court
[2026] EWHC 2319 (TCC)
Adjudication: an alternative to either expert’s valuation
Commercial Court
[2026] EWHC 1685 (Comm)
Independence must be visible in the reasoning
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2026] EWHC 2294 (KB)
An expert may have sound reasons for favouring a particular answer. But explaining those reasons is only part of the task. Where there are competing opinions, the report also needs to show that they have been considered fairly, including the…
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2026] EWHC 1753 (KB)
The High Court’s judgment in Various Claimants v Mercedes-Benz Group AG and others [2026] EWHC 1753 (KB) is a useful reminder that technical expertise, however impressive, is only part of the job of an expert witness. The litigation involved a…
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2026] EWHC 1420 (KB)
A High Court decision provides a useful warning for professionals who become expert witnesses in matters in which they have already been involved. In MSA Properties Ltd v The Drapery Northampton Ltd [2026] EWHC 1420 (KB) , the court had…
High Court (Chancery Division)
[2026] EWHC 1793 (Ch)
In Trinsic Collagen Ltd v Procoll Ltd [2026] EWHC 1793 (Ch), the court criticised the way additional information had been provided to the claimant’s experts and then relied on without being clearly identified in the reports, or in one instance…
Administrative Court
[2026] EWHC 1116 (Admin)
Not later. In the report. If an expert opinion depends on incomplete data, assumptions or qualifications, those limitations belong in the written report. Not in cross-examination. Not in re-examination. Not only after the tribunal asks the right question. In Mew…
Family Court
[2025] EWFC 132
Academy commentary on Re X and Y (Care Proceedings: Fact Finding: Death of a Child: Expert Evidence), discussed in ““The expert had only skimmed the papers.””.
Family Court
[2026] EWFC 132
Academy commentary on Re X and Y (Care Proceedings: Publication of Judgment: Criticism of Expert Witness), discussed in ““The expert had only skimmed the papers.””.
