Abolition Of Expert Witness Immunity In UK - What Does It Mean In Hong Kong?
Mondaq Business Briefing › Hong Kong Law Articles in English (2011)
Linked as:
Extract
Abolition Of Expert Witness Immunity In UK - What Does It Mean In Hong Kong?
As readers will be aware from our alert on 30 March 2011, the UK Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment that day in the case of Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13 (the judgment). The effect of the judgment (by a majority of five to two judges) is to abolish an expert witness's immunity from suit with respect to testimony given in court or with respect to work intimately connected with the conduct of court proceedings in the UK. In this article we take a look at issues that arose in the case and what the judgment might mean for...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
