26 August Case Updates C v DT [2021] SC GLA 37, 2021 WL 02169444 Bias, Forced marriage, Socio-cultural evidence, Records, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion Relevance: General Topics: Forced marriage Socio-cultural evidence Records Bias
24 August Case Updates Crosby v Wakefield MBC, Leeds County Court, unreported, 24 January 2020 Change of opinion, Independence, Range of Opinion, Criticism of a party's legal team, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Independence Change of opinion Range of opinion Criticism of a party’s legal team
23 August Case Updates Gardiner v Tabet [2021] EWHC 563 (Ch), 2021 WL 00965862 Testamentary capacity, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Testamentary capacity
23 August Case Updates R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306, 2021 WL 00848726 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Gross negligence, Free will, Voluntariness, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter
15 June Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Declaration, Duty of Expert, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The case: a claim arising out of the sale, by the Claimants (and the other shareholders) to the Defendant of their shareholdings contending that they were induced to sell by actionable misrepresentations, some of which were fraudulent, which also amounted to negligent misstatements.
15 February Case Updates Devon Partnership NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) Psychiatry, Medical expert, Remote assessments, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Medical experts Psychiatry Topic: Remote assessments
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Neurology Topics: Records Consent to examination Substance of all material instructions Qualified opinion
15 February Case Updates The Government of the United States of America v Assange (2020) Westminster Magistrates’ Court Impartiality, Autistic spectrum disorder, Extradition, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence ‘Those bloody books’ Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Extradition Impartiality Duty to court Suicide risk Autistic spectrum disorder
15 February Case Updates MN v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1746 Psychiatry, Medicine, Forensic medicine, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Medical Psychiatry Forensic medicine Topics: Ultimate issue Credibility Clinical plausibility Trafficking