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Contractor Appeal Over Expert Witness Oath Requirement

Numéro de cause JURITEXT000006962545

Autorité / Tribunal Cour de cassation

Juridiction

France (FR)

Date de la décision 1963-05-08

Issue du litige Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)

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A contractor, having been ordered to pay damages for defective work following an expert appraisal that found the work below standard, appealed the decision, arguing the expert's report was flawed because the experts were not properly sworn in prior to commencing their assessment. The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's decision, reasoning that while the requirement for experts to take an oath exists, the failure of the experts to take this formal oath did not render their technical findings, upon which the lower court relied for establishing the defect and awarding damages, invalid, as the expert's mission is essentially factual, and procedural non-compliance must result in demonstrable prejudice to be grounds for annulment.

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Contractor Appeal Over Expert Witness Oath Requirement: The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's decision, reasoning that while the requirement for experts to take an oath exists, the failure of the experts to take this formal oath did not render their technical findings, upon which the lower court relied for establishing the defect and awarding damages, invalid, as the expert's mission is essentially factual, and procedural non-compliance must result in demonstrable prejudice to be grounds for annulment.