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High Court (Chancery Division)
[2025] EWHC 1236 (Ch)
Having extolled the virtues of experts a few weeks ago we have to return to a more critical tone this week. Inspired Education Online Ltd v Crombie was a dispute about the sale of a company that hit the headlines…
Technology and Construction Court
[2025] EWHC 831 (TCC)
Expertise expired? Lawyers are often very reluctant to use new experts but a recent case demonstrates the problems that can occur if someone’s expertise has reached its expiry date. In MJS v RPS Consulting, a case about the design and…
Patents Court
[2025] EWHC 1012 (Pat)
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…
Court of Appeal
[2025] EWCA Civ 177
A judge’s own view could not displace the reasoned psychiatric evidence in this case.
High Court (Chancery Division)
[2025] EWHC 526 (Ch)
Business-valuation evidence was refused because it did not address a pleaded issue.
High Court (Chancery Division)
[2025] EWHC 557 (Ch)
A treating doctor’s consultation note carried hardly any weight as an expert report.
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2025] EWHC 869 (KB)
A late financial report from the claimant’s son was not admissible expert evidence.
High Court (Chancery Division)
[2025] EWHC 878 (Ch)
The expert went beyond the pleaded issues and generated his own factual material.
High Court (King’s Bench Division)
[2025] EWHC 983 (KB)
The court rejected an exaggerated assessment of an accident site.
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…
High Court (Chancery Division)
[2025] EWHC 349 (Ch)
Litigation deadlines are unforgiving and a common gripe among experts is being given instructions too late, with not enough time to do the job properly. The difficulty of course is that we all want to help our client and instructing…
