Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 74 (Jun)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Gray J

Representation John Slater QC and Jane Davies (instructed by McDermott Will & Emery) for the claimant.
  Bernard Livesey QC (instructed by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates: 6 June 2003

Catchwords

Practice and procedure - Witness statement - Application for leave to introduce - Expert witness - Master refusing leave - Correctness of decision.

The Case

In the circumstances, the master had been right to refuse the claimant permission to introduce expert evidence, since the relevant issues which the trial judge would have to decide should be decided without expert evidence.

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