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Jones v Kaney

Hearings

England & Wales

21 Jan 2010 [2010] EWHC 61 (QB); [2010] 2 All ER 649, QBD

30 Mar 2011 [2011] UKSC 13; [2011] 2 AC 398; [2011] 2 WLR 823; [2011] 2 All ER 671; [2011] 2 FLR 312; [2011] WLR (D) 109; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Phillips PSC, Lord Hope DPSC, Lady Hale JSC, Lord Brown JSC, Lord Collins JSC, Lord Kerr JSC, Lord Dyson JSC)

Subject Matter

EVIDENCE — Expert evidence — Immunity from suit — Joint statement agreed by parties' experts for purposes of personal injury litigation — Claimant settling action disadvantageously after own expert revising earlier opinion — Claimant bringing action for negligence against expert — Whether expert immune from suit for breach of duty in relation to participation in legal proceedings — Whether claim to be struck out

[2010] EWHC 61 (QB); [2010] 2 All ER 649, QBD

[2011] UKSC 13; [2011] 2 AC 398; [2011] 2 WLR 823; [2011] 2 All ER 671; [2011] 2 FLR 312; [2011] WLR (D) 109; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Jones v Kaney [2010] EWHC 61 (QB); [2010] 2 All ER 649, QBD

Decision of Blake J reversed

Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13; [2011] 2 AC 398; [2011] 2 WLR 823; [2011] 2 All ER 671; [2011] 2 FLR 312; [2011] WLR (D) 109; Case details, SC(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Experts’ Immunity from Suit 54.11

Instructing Experts - Instructions 54.25

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