A JOINT STATEMENT OF EXPERTS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COURT AND NOT A PROVING GROUND FOR THE PARTIES’ RESPECTIVE CASES: “OVERLAWYERED” REPORTS: LIMITATION AND DATE OF KNOWLEDGE:
In the judgment today in Aderounmu v Colvin [2021 EWHC 2293 (QB) Master Cook found that the claimant was not under a disability and the limitation period for bringing a personal injury action had expired. The Master exercised the discretion…
EXPERTS, LAWYERS & THE JOINT REPORT (II): NO SUBSTANTIVE INPUT FROM LAWYERS PLEASE
This is the second case today looking at observations made in cases this week in relation to the joint meeting of experts. In BDW Trading Ltd v Integral Geotechnique (Wales) Ltd [2018] EWHC 1915 (TCC) HH Honour Judge Stephen Davies stated…
EXPERTS, LAWYERS AND THE JOINT-REPORT (1): JUST ONE AGENDA PLEASE
Curiously there are two cases today that deal with the role of lawyers and the joint report. The first I will look at is the judgment of Mrs Justice Yip in Welsh v Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust [2018] EWHC 1917 (QB)….
EXPERTS: THE JOINT REPORT AND THOSE TROUBLESOME “AGENDAS”
There are several passages in the judgment of Mrs Justice Yip in David John Saunders -v- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 343 (QB) that highlight a common problem with joint reports. That is the problematic “agenda”. A …
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