Question about evidence in Employment Tribunal

[KMR3]

What would be the situation, if, just supposing, an expert witness was requested to write a report, and they wrote in their report, "the claimant is given to telling blatant lies".

And what if the point they used as an example, turned out to be exactly as the claimant had told them in the first place?

Any opinions please? and thank you.

[Hurricane Puffrose]

Re: Question about evidence in Employment Tribunal

to my mind its defamation of character.

[bluebottle]

Re: Question about evidence in Employment Tribunal

Unless the person making the statement can prove what they have said is true, it is defamation if it is communicated to a third party. However, it would depend in what capacity the expert witness is acting. What is the statement in connection with and in what field is this expert witness an expert in?

[KMR3]

Re: Question about evidence in Employment Tribunal

Thank you for your replies, maybe its a medical expert who said that the claimant refused to go to counselling, and told him a blatant lie about going, whereas the claimant did go.