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Most discussion (and criticism) of experts revolves around issues where experts disagree, often in ways that are pivotal to a case. But there are many cases that go unnoticed where experts agree on most, if not all, of the important issues, which for the most part is what you would expect from professional experts given […]
The Expert and Dispute Resolver, affectionately know as TEDR, is the Journal of the Academy of Experts. Members of the Academy will know that it was edited in the past by the late Michael Cohen who founded the Academy and who sadly passed away last year. We’re grateful to Ben Johnson who has stepped into […]
As well as our online courses we run a full series of in person training courses in Hong Kong. All courses take place at the Hong Kong Football Club and run from 9.30am until 5.00pm unless otherwise shown. Our next series of Hong Kong courses takes place during November 2025: Expert Presentations – 20th November […]
Most judicial criticism of experts arises from either ignorance of the basic rules of expert evidence or because experts who understand and have tried to apply the rules have slipped off the straight and narrow path, usually from a desire to help their clients. So while judges comments are often direct and colourful they generally […]
The Academy held its Annual General Meeting on 14 October. As with most similar organisations, this is an important element of the Academy’s governance. Several decisions are reserved to the membership in general meeting. These include the appointment of new members of council, the election of officers and the adoption of accounts. The following officers […]
Experts rightly pride themselves on their knowledge and understanding of their specialist area but its fair to say that judge’s are sometimes less than impressed when expert evidence takes on a life of its own. They particularly dislike expert evidence on subjects that really don’t require any expertise. Glenfiddich Wind v Doranell Windfarm was a […]
Many disputes involve insurers either as funders of a claim or defences but also as participants in their own right and most experts will have dealt with insurance companies at some point in their expert careers. There are also often disputes about the meaning of insurance cover which involve the use of experts with experience […]
There has been some publicity about a recent case, JSC Privatbank v Kolomoisky, in which past judicial criticism of an expert were raised, suggesting among other things that experts have a duty to disclose such criticism. Less attention has been paid to the issues that led to the expert’s problems being aired in court. The […]
Ignoring AI for the moment, the use of computer models of various kinds has become routine in most if not all professions, whether it’s a simple spreadsheet or a sophisticated engineering in model. It should be no surprise then when such models make an appearance alongside experts in disputes. Some recent cases though point up […]
September’s newsletter covered Expert Witnesses and their Credibility, Top Tips for Expert Witnesses on managing their instructing solicitors, news that Low-Value RTA Claims will go to Automatic Mediation and many other topics. We also put together a selection of events around the world of interest to members including Hong Kong Society of Construction Law Conference […]
