“…Of much greater relevance is the decision of the Supreme Court in Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13. That was the case in which the expert’s immunity from suit was abolished. In the course of his judgment, Lord Phillips drew a close comparison between expert …”
“…However, as explained by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers in Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13, [2011] 2 AC 398 at [47] to [50], there is no conflict between an expert’s duty to the tribunal to give independent and objective evidence and the duty which h…”
“…(as opposed to a contractual) duty of loyalty existed, I would simply emphasise that there is no such conflict, as identified by Lord Phillips in Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13, [2011] 2 AC 398 at [49] in particular. As Coulson LJ explains at [62] above, an expert who complies fully with his duty of independence and objectivity to the…”