Expert evidence under pressure – Eavanna FitzGerald on changing court culture | Episode 140
On Episode 140 of The Fifth Court, Peter Leonard BL and Mark Tottenham BL examine a quiet but significant shift in Irish litigation: expert witnesses are now under real judicial scrutiny.
Eavanna FitzGerald joins the show to explain why the traditional word-of-mouth system for sourcing experts is failing practitioners, and how courts are increasingly testing expert independence, competence and compliance with duties.
The episode also covers three Decisis.ie cases:
• Gorman v Lynch – proprietary / promissory estoppel claim against an estate dismissed as time-barred
• Minister for Justice v Balgova – European Arrest Warrant and strict approach to equivalence
• Pepper Finance DAC v O’Reilly – possession proceedings remitted due to insufficient proof of debt transfer
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