Practical Law

In modern litigation, experts often simultaneously perform a number of different and apparently contradictory functions: they may receive confidential information from their client that they are not at liberty to disclose; they may prepare draft reports that will usually be privileged in the hands of their client, and may see other privileged documents during the … Continue reading “O, where is loyalty?” The duties of experts and conflicts of interest →

The complexity of modern construction projects often means that a raft of specialist sub-contractors, managers, administrators and certifiers are engaged, each bringing their own expertise to bear on the works. However, when things go awry, the result can be a similarly complex and fragmentary multi-party dispute. Several such disputes have found their way to the … Continue reading Res judicata and common interest privilege in multi-party litigation →