“… The judge was wrong to hold that the Defendant’s duties to the Trustees were limited to the tortious duties discussed in Thomson v Christie Manson & Woods Ltd [2005] PNLR 38, given the very different factual situation. In any event, given his previously published views on the Painting there was a duty either to approach the leading…”
“…may be slightly easier than a finding of fact, because the underlying report will be in writing (see Thomson v Christie Manson & Woods Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 555; [2005] PNLR 38), the same case also provides a salutary warning that, since the evaluation of expert evidence is likely to be bound up with a wider evaluation of matters of f…”