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These case updates are provided by Professor Keith J.B. Rix, BMedBiol (Hons), MPhil, LLM, MD, FRCPsych, Hon FFFLM

Professor Keith Rix is a founding member of the Expert Witness Institute and became a Fellow in 2002. He is a member of the EWI’s Membership Committee. He is Visiting Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, School of Medicine, University of Chester, Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Lead, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians.  He has provided expert evidence for over 35 years, including on a pro bono basis in capital cases in the Caribbean and Africa. He is the author of Expert Psychiatric Evidence and a co-editor, with Laurence Mynors-Wallis and Ciaran Craven SC, of the second edition, Rix’s Expert Psychiatric Evidence, which is being published by Cambridge University Press in September 2020. He is also the lead author of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Report CR193 Responsibilities of psychiatrist who provide expert opinion to courts and tribunals.   

Case Updates

Make sure you pay your expert!

Make sure you pay your expert!

Law Society Gazette reports on a case where an Expert Witness refused to act after accusing solicitors of not paying him and naming him on cases without his knowledge.

 

The allegations came to light in a pre-trial review where the judge read out correspondence from the Expert Witness who accused the law firm of naming him on cases and then issuing instructions after the event and for not paying long overdue invoices.

 

The claimant had applied for a six-month extension to liaise with the expert. But this was disallowed.

 

The non-payment of Expert Witnesses continues to be an issue that our members face and where they have had continuing issues, we do recommend that they consider approaching the Judge for direction.

 

This highlights both the importance for legal teams in ensuring their Expert Witnesses are paid and for experts in knowing that they can seek advice from our member helpline and seek advice from the judge.

 

Read the article here

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