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Expert Witnesses: Clamping down
Giles Eyre looks at keeping expert witnesses up to the mark ‘In Jones v Kaney, the Supreme Court, by a majority of 5:2, overturned 400 years of established law in removing the immunity of expert witnesses.’ For as long as any of us can remember, if in the course of personal injury or clinical negligence …
Cases Referenced
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- Arthur JS Hall and Co v Simons [2000] UKHL 38
- Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 1 WLR 582
- Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13
- Phillips v Symes [2004] EWHC 2330 (Ch); [2008] UKHL 1
- Rhodes v West Surrey and North East Hampshire HA [1998] Lloyds Law Rep Med 246
- Saif Ali v Sydney Mitchell & Co (a firm) [1978] UKHL 6