E140 The Fifth Court - Eavanna FitzGerald - Founder of The Expert Witness Site

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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