7 August Case Updates Wyrebek v Circuit Court, Gliwice, Poland [2023] EWHC 951 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Psychiatry, Psychometric testing, Intellectual/learning disability, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “The value of psychometric testing”
7 August Case Updates Rowbottom v The Estate of Peter Howard, Deceased [2023] EWHC 931 (KB) Expert's duty, Accident reconstruction, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Don’t try to pull the wool over the judge’s eyes”
7 August Case Updates Lynch v Government of the United States of America [2023] EWHC 876 (Admin) Expertise, 11. Report Writing “This month’s inexpert expert”
4 August News Judgment provides illustration on what makes a good or bad Expert Witness 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case of CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust makes essential reading for Expert Witnesses.
18 June News Criminal Procedure Rules: new criminal practice directions Criminal practice directions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing On 29 May 2023 new criminal practice directions came into force. They are now organised as a set of chapters. Chapter 7 deals with Expert Evidence. There are several changes to note.
6 June Case Updates North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5 Psychiatry, Capacity, Consent, Caesarean section, 11. Report Writing “Capacity to consent to elective Caesarean section”
6 June Case Updates Watts v Watts [2023] EWHC 679 (Ch) Handwriting, Document examination, Forgery, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “It’s a forgery”
6 June Case Updates Maidstone Borough Council v Beck [2023] EWHC 787 (Admin) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, Schizotypal disorder, 11. Report Writing “The impact of a hoarding disorder”
6 June Case Updates Dove v HM Assistant Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool [2023] EWCA Civ 289 Causation, Psychiatry, Suicide, Inquest, 11. Report Writing “The meaning of causation in the coronial jurisdiction”
6 June Case Updates Cannon v Bar Standards Board [2023] EWCA Civ 278 Psychiatry, Capacity to participate in disciplinary proceeding, capacity to appeal, litigation capacity, mental capacity act 2005, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “Assessing capacity to participate in disciplinary proceedings”