Overview

This webinar examines how courts assess and evaluate expert evidence in personal injury litigation, with a particular focus on cases where one expert witness has been preferred over another. Through analysis of judicial reasoning, the session explores the key factors influencing the court’s decision-making and highlights practical lessons for litigators when selecting, preparing, and challenging expert witnesses.

The webinar covers a range of expert disciplines, including engineering, accident reconstruction, care, and medical evidence.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the key factors courts consider when preferring one expert witness over another in personal injury cases
• Identify common strengths and weaknesses in expert evidence across different disciplines
• Apply judicial guidance to the selection and instruction of expert witnesses
• Enhance strategies for preparing, presenting, and challenging expert evidence in litigation
• Draw practical lessons from case law involving engineering, reconstruction, care, and medical expert

Useful quotes

“… it is entirely outside the remit of an expert to decide which witnesses of fact he believes or disbelieves.”

“…it is a clear that this was a very weak report which failed to comply with the requirements of an expert report”