Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Tayhopon v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2026] UKAITUR UI2025004978
Expert instructions and access to medical records
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First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
KS v The Secretary of State for the Home Department
An expert is perfectly entitled to reach a strong opinion which supports the case of the party instructing them. The difficulty is when the reasoning appears to work the other way round, with the party’s case driving the expert opinion.…
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
SU (Expert reports – format) Bangladesh
[2026] UKUT 317 (IAC)
A recent Upper Tribunal decision gives some unusually practical guidance for experts who rely on material found online. In SU (Expert reports – format) Bangladesh [2026] UKUT 317 (IAC) , the Tribunal considered expert reports which drew heavily on publicly…
Supreme Court
Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring
[2019] UKSC 38
Expert witnesses play a key role in the justice system and it has always been the case that expert reports and other documents referred to in court were in the public domain. But getting hold of them has not been…
First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)
DRPS Property v Residential Marine
[2025] UKFTT 1092 (PC)
A factual witness could not avoid straightforward points by disclaiming expertise.
Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
Monier Road Limited v Nicholas Alexander Blomfield & Ors
[2025] UKUT 157 (LC)
A tribunal had to explain and expose its own technical reasoning to the parties.
Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
Cemex UK Operations Limited v Secretary of State for Transport
[2025] UKUT 138 (LC)
The tribunal assessed the experts issue by issue rather than preferring one throughout.
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Mid-Devon District Council v Stevenson
[2007] UKEAT 0196_07_1810
The discretion to allow further Expert Evidence to be obtained
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Saunder v Birmingham City Council
[2008] UKEAT 0591_07_2105
SJE - tests for allowing additional Experts
Employment Appeal Tribunal
McKechnie Plastic Components v Mrs E Grant
[2009] UKEAT 0284_08_2001
Is the decision of a Joint Expert Final?