Article published: 1 December 2025
Experts often have to rely on their clients and instructing solicitors to provide them with the material they need to form opinion. That evidence may be documents, data from an IT system or audio or video recordings and if the evidence you are given is incomplete or distorted in some way your opinions may turn out to be wrong.
The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police has recently been found in contempt of court in a case that acts a timely warning to experts of the need to check and check again that you really have all the evidence you need.
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