EXPERT WITNESSES GOING BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF EXPERT EVIDENCE: IT INCREASES COSTS AND IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE

In Johnston -v- TAG Farnborough Airport Limited [2015] UKUT 0534 Martin Rodger QC (Deputy President of the Upper Tribunal Land Chamber) had some telling observations about the role of the expert witnesses in that case.
"The willingness of the experts to debate the law and to reach trenchant conclusi...