4 June Case Updates When it is advisable to decline instructions Expert evidence, Duties of the Expert, Expert Witness, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, Property valuation Mr X accepted instructions to provide advice in property valuation despite not being an expert in that field. Kallakis v Kallakis [2023] EWHC 2148 (Comm)
13 May Case Updates Frasers Group plc v Saxo Bank AS & Anor [2024] EWHC 188 (Comm) Civil Procedure Rules, CPR rule 35.10, Litigation privilege, Joint Expert Statements, 05. Rules and Regulations, 06. Receiving Instructions, 08. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The judge considered, but did not reach a conclusion on, whether a party's communications with their expert before a joint meeting of experts should be disclosed.
16 October Case Updates Jennings v Otis Ltd [2023] EWHC 2039 (KB) Negligence, Experts’ joint inspection, Accident, Engineering, 05. Rules and Regulations, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Witness attendance at experts’ meeting
16 October Case Updates UI2022002729 [2023] UKAITUR UI2022002729 Dishonesty, Psychology, Psychiatry, Credibility, Previous tribunal decisions, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The importance of previous decisions in immigration and asylum cases
7 August Case Updates ABC v Derbyshire County Council [2023] EWHC 986 (KB) Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil C, CPR Part 35, Instructions, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions “Referring to the Protocol gives the game away”
3 April Case Updates Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam) Admissibility, Psychology, Parental alienation, Unregulated Experts, Protected titles, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 06. Receiving Instructions “When is a psychologist not a psychologist?”
3 January Case Updates Re X, Y and Z (Children) [2010] EWHC B12 (Fam) Medical expert, Medical records, Paediatrics, Fabricated or induced illness, Letter of Instruction, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions “Do as you are told”
25 October Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can your paper trail be followed?”
13 June Case Updates M (A Child : Private Law Children Proceedings: Case Management: Intimate Images) [2022] EWHC 986 (Fam) Psychology, Psychiatry, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties Topics: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder Vulnerable persons/witnesses Ground rules hearing Intermediary
14 December Case Updates Bux v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 762 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 11. Responding to questions The case: Dr Bux appealed against the findings of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal and against its decision directing his erasure from the Medical Register.