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100 1 _aGooderham, Peter
245 0 0 _aWitness immunity
_bthe argument in favour
260 _c2006
490 0 _aNew Law Journal
_v156(7232) 7 July 2006, 1086-1089(4)
520 _aIn the light of the decision in "Meadow v General Medical Council" ([2006] EWHC 146, Admin, unreported), the author argues that limited immunity for expert witnesses against claims by dissatisfied litigants remains necessary to ensure that they can give evidence in court without fear of subsequent litigation or complaint to their professional body. A second article "Witness immunity - the argument against" takes the opposite view, arguing that as advocates, on public policy grounds, have now lost legal immunity, there is no reason why experts, who owe an equivalent duty of care to the party who calls them, should be in a different position.
590 _aIKA180706
650 2 4 _aMEADOW V GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL
650 2 4 _aSTANTON V CALLAGHAN
651 4 _aEngland and Wales
_y1543-
690 _aMANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-EXPERT WITNESSES-EXPERT EVIDENCE
700 1 _aBlom-Cooper, Louis Jacques
_cSir
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