Professor Dominic Regan laments a lost chance to ‘get some definitive guidance from the Court of Appeal’ on the right to see a breakdown of expert costs
In the (since abandoned) case in question, the expert was a medical reporting agency. These agencies, as Regan points out, ‘get involved in cases of maximum severity, where quantum can run into the millions’.
Regan, of City Law School, explores the issue of bills without breakdowns. He recalls Sir Rupert Jackson’s thoughts on this area, and makes the case for more clarity on this important issue.