As the CAT intensifies its scrutiny of economic evidence, is it important that experts and instructing lawyers having a relationship that welcomes challenge and puts analytical rigour at the heart of the case.
As the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) scrutinises expert evidence more closely, the capacity to challenge an instructing party deserves greater attention. The relationship between lawyers and economists should help expose weaknesses before trial, rather than leave the tribunal to discover them after years of expensive litigation.
Liam Colley discusses this in “Economic experts and instructing lawyers before the CAT – the path ahead,” published by the Global Legal Post. This article was informed by the conversations reflected in Quantum mechanics: The evolving role of economic evidence in UK competition disputes.
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