Polivitte Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Company Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1987
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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  • London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority v Halcrow Gilbert Associates Ltd and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 31 July 2007
    ...opinion in relation to matters within his expertise. He should never assume the role of the advocate – see Garland J in Polivitte Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance [1987] 1 Lloyds Rep 379 at 386 and Cazalet J in re J [1990] FCR 190. 48 3. The expert should state the facts or assumptions on w......
  • Jones v Kaney
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 30 March 2011
    ...to Lord Wilberforce's observations in Whitehouse v Jordan [1981] 1 WLR 246, 256 and those of Garland J in Pollivitte Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Company Plc [1987] I Lloyd's Rep 379, 386 and Cazalet J in In re J (Child Abuse: Expert Evidence) [1991] FCR 156 There is, then, an obvious ......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 12-4, November 2008
    • 1 November 2008
    .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 26Polivitte Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Coplc [1987]1 Lloyd’s Rep.379 . . . . . . . . . . . . .96Pollitt vR (1992) 174CLR 558 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Porter v Magill [2001] UKHL 67, [2002] 2 AC 357. . . . . ......
  • Legal Remedies for the Negligent Expert
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 12-2, April 2008
    • 1 April 2008
    ...way of objective unbiased opinion in relation to matterswithin his expertise (see Polivitte Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Co plc[1987] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 379 at 386, per Garland J. and In re J [1990] F.C.R.193, per Cazalet J.). An expert witness in the High Court should neverassume the role ......
  • EXPERT’S DUTY TO BE TRUTHFUL IN THE LIGHT OF THE RULES OF COURT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...SGHC 91 at [12]. 18 The Ikarian Reefer, supra n 13, at 81 (Cresswell J citing Polivitte Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Co plc[1987] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 379 at 386; also see Re J[1990] FCR 193). Also see Vita Health Laboratories Pte Ltd v Pang Seng Meng, supra n 17, at [82] (passage set out in m......

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