When is expert evidence not expert evidence?

In a recent family case, a judge rejected the evidence of an expert on the grounds that it was not expert evidence at all[1]. The case is a reminder of the basic principles governing the admission of expert evidence. The case concerned a mother’s application to discharge a care order for her eight-year-old son, L. […]

When an expert’s evidence is ‘fundamentally flawed’

In a recent case at Winchester County Court, the judge found that an expert’s evidence was fundamentally flawed to the point where he rejected it on every contentious point. The case of Ruffell v Lovatt[1] contains lessons for medical experts. The clinical negligence claim Miss Ruffell was a passenger injured in a road traffic accident […]