Acting as an expert requires a tricky blend of technical expertise and legal/commercial nous – and sometimes experts get it wrong. This usually results from an excess of enthusiasm for their client’s case – so if you are planning to instruct an expert, or acting as one for the first time there are two things you should do.
Firstly read the rules. In England and Wales that means the Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 or the Criminal Procedure Rules Part 19 and their associated practice directions.
Secondly, read any one of these cases where experts have gone wrong to understand what not to do!
Gordon Exall, Civil Litigation Brief
Ben Zielinski, Shoosmiths
Carbon credit fraud trial collapses as expert witness was no expert
Clive Coleman Legal correspondent, BBC News
Paul Sankey, Inspire News
Academy of Experts