Expert immunity

08 Dec 2011

Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP partner Tim Smith reports on this year's case of Jones v Kaney, exploring the impact on expert witnesses in the healthcare sector. The article was published in the most recent edition of Clinical Risk magazine.

Expert witnesses – immune no more

Healthcare professionals are often called upon in cases to provide expert evidence. Until this decision, expert witnesses had been held to be immune from claims. However, this decision means that the experts are no longer immune and can be sued by their clients (and potentially others). It will be interesting to see how this judgment affects experts.

The full article can be accessed on the Clinical Risk website.

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