Admissibility of expert evidence reviewed

Rogers and another v Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 21 (Sep); Queen’s Bench Division, Leggatt J, 25 May 2013; NLJ 13 September

The High Court has reviewed the issue of admissibility of expert reports, in the context of a report by Air Accident Investigation Board of the Department for Transport (AAIB) which the claimant sought to adduce in evidence in a civil action against the defendant which alleged that the defendant pilot’s negligence caused the death of a passenger, of whom the claimants were the executors of the estate and the dependants.