Litigation Letter
Second expert
W and another v Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and another CA TLR 7 November
In a case involving non-accidental injuries to a child, or pathologically unascertained infant death, certain evidence might
become pivotal and by its very nature not easily receptive to a challenge in the absence of any other expert opinion. In such
cases, the court should be slow to decline an application for a second expert witness.