Lakey v Merton Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority: CA 3 Feb 1999

A judge need not always give reasons for preferring the evidence of one expert witness over another in a medical negligence claim. In such matters experts sometimes take positions extreme and favouring the side paying them.

Judges:

Nourse, Thorpe, Potter LJJ

Citations:

Times 11-Mar-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 704

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Professional Negligence

Updated: 30 November 2022; Ref: scu.145619