Contact Anthony Edwards, Construction Barrister in Leeds and Yorkshire

Contact Anthony Edwards

You can contact Anthony Edwards via telephone, email or post.

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Telephone:
0113 244 6691
Email:
info@anthonyedwardsbarrister.co.uk

Address:
Chancery House Chambers
7 Lisbon Square,
Leeds, LS1 4LY

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News & Articles

Expert Immunity – A Bygone Era

Experts should be aware that if they have been negligent in the past and/or from now on they may be pursued after the recent decision from the Supreme Court of Justice.

Witness immunity dates back over 400 years, long before the development of the modern law of negligence and the practice of forensic experts to offer services to litigants for reward. So why have the courts decided that it is now time to change that position. The general rule was that every wrong should have a remedy and that any exception to this rule must be justified as being necessary in the public interest. The court decided that it was no longer in the public interest to relieve an expert of its obligation to provide a service to its client with reasonable skill and care.

THE COSTS PILOT

The costs pilot, which has been running in the Birmingham Technology and Construction Court (TCC) and Mercantile Court is to be extended to all TCC and Mercantile Courts from October 2011.

At the open meeting of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) held on 13 May 2011, it was agreed that the costs management pilot scheme that has been running in the Birmingham Technology and Construction Court (TCC) and Mercantile Court will be extended to all TCC and Mercantile Courts from 1 October 2011.