The introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) regime was heralded as creating a wholly new environment in which, among other things, the use of experts would fundamentally alter. In particular, concerns were expressed about the extent to which expert evidence would generally be restricted and, more specifically, whether the imposition of single joint experts would become the norm. A further anxiety was the possibility of loss of privilege in the instructions and papers sent to experts.
More than two years down the line, has anything really changed?
