EXPERT WATCH 30 : WHEN THE EXPERTS REPORT ON THE BASIS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS: IT WAS APPARENT THAT SOMETHING HADE WRONG WITH THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING EXPERT OPINION EVIDENCE

Here we have problems with the way in which handwriting experts were instructed.   The difficulty being that different experts were given different documents. This led to difficulties at trial. However, ultimately, it did not favour the defendants.  The judge was critical of the way in which the def...