Palmer v Durnford Ford (A Firm)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 31 October 1991 |
| Date | 31 October 1991 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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57 cases
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Jones v Kaney
...immunity was invoked against a claim for breach of a duty of care brought against a professional expert witness by his client before Palmer v Durnford Ford [1992] QB 483 . In that case the plaintiffs had pursued a disastrous claim against both the supplier and a repairer of a lorry tracto......
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Walpole v Partridge & Wilson (A Firm)
...concerning solicitors' negligence: Somasundaram v. Melchior and Sinanan v. Innes Pitassi & Co CAT 125/91. These cases were followed in Palmer v Durnford [1992] QB 483, by Mr Simon Tuckey QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. 26 As to the hardship caused to the intending plaintiff by the ......
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M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
...to ordinary civil proceedings but nothing I have said casts any doubt on the decision of Mr. Simon Tuckey Q.C. (as he then was) in Palmer v. Durnford Ford [1992] Q.B. 95In the present case, the psychiatrist was instructed to carry out the examination of the child for the specific purpose o......
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M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
...to ordinary civil proceedings but nothing I have said casts any doubt on the decision of Mr. Simon Tuckey Q.C. (as he then was) in Palmer v. Durnford Ford [1992] Q.B. 95In the present case, the psychiatrist was instructed to carry out the examination of the child for the specific purpose o......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Is Expert Witness Immunity About To Be Abolished? A Case Note On 'Paul Wynne Jones v Sue Kaney' [2010] EWHC 61 (QB)
...if proceedings have not been started, or to advice as to whether the expert is qualified to advise at all: Palmer v Durnford Ford [1992] QB 483. The public policy arguments which have been relied upon to confer immunity upon experts Immunity should only be given to an expert where to deny i......
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Litigation
...(interim or permanent), 607 rectiication of the terms of a contract 608 and speciic performance. 609 601 Palmer v Durnford Ford [1992] QB 483 at 488–489; X (Minors) v Bedfordshire CC [1995] 2 AC 633; Stanton v Callaghan [2000] 1 QB 75; Raiss v Palmano (2000) 18 Const LJ 348. 602 Stanton v C......