Following on from his success in Thimmaya v (1) Lancasahire NHS Foundation Trust (2) Mr Jamil, January 2020, Giles Colin obtains a Third Party Costs Order against Dr Mercier, General Dental Surgeon, who had been critical of an Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon.
The Judgment in Robinson v Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 1 October 2021, is a warning to Experts (i) to ensure that they only accept instructions on matters within their expertise; (ii) to help and assist the Court on matters within their expertise; (iii) to keep their duty to the Court under constant review; and, (iv) to understand that their duty to the Court is theirs alone and that it is not for another party to police that duty.
Giles Colin was instructed by David Locke, Hill Dickinson. The judgment is available here, the Hill Dickinson summary can be read here and, for further analysis of Thimmaya, see here.
