BEWARE THE EXPERT WHO "LECTURES" THE COURT (AND TELLS THE JUDGE WHO TO BELIEVE)

In Walls -v- London Eastern Railway Ltd (N Wilkinson QC) 05/12/2014* the judge found that the claimant's continuing back pain was caused by a long-standing degenerative spinal condition rather than an accident. THE JUDGE'S COMMENTARY ON THE EXPERT EVIDENCE One interesting feature of this case is the...