EXPERT WATCH 41: THE COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES TO OVERTURN A DECISION WHERE THE “WRONG” TYPE OF JOINT EXPERT WAS INSTRUCTED

This is an unusual case where, after the event, a party to the litigation argued that the court had relied on the "wrong" type of expert evidence. An educational psychologist had been instructed as a joint expert whereas what was needed was a clinical psychologist.   The Court of Appeal held that th...