OVER EAGER EXPERTS JUST DO NOT HELP: THEY HINDER AND HARM THE CASES OF THOSE WHO CALL THEM

Several preliminary remarks of  HH Simon Barker QC in Bacciotinni & Cook -v- Gotelle & Goldsmith [2014] EWHC  3257 Ch underline the dangers of an "over eager" expert witness making comments which undermine their own evidence and taint the case of the party who instructs them.  Here we look a...