Richard Formby considers the pros and cons of using single experts on quantum matters and asks whether appetite for their use with injury claims will increase
The single joint expert (SJE) is not new. Lord Woolf introduced the concept some 20 years ago but it has not proved particularly popular. However, given the continual pressures on costs and efficiency, particularly in the injury litigation landscape, I can see the renewed attraction that the SJE may have to the courts. But what are the problems and can the single expert be made to work?
Little change
In his final 'Access to Justice' report (1996), Lord Woolf acknowledged that there was such a considerable strength of opposition to his proposal for the use of SJEs that it was not realistic to expect a significant shift towards single experts in th...
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