23 August Case Updates R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306, 2021 WL 00848726 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Gross negligence, Free will, Voluntariness, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter
23 August Case Updates Jarman v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 323 (QB), 2021 WL 00622030 Behaviour of expert, Bias, Orthopaedics, Cauda equina syndrome, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Orthopaedics Topics: Bias Reliance on literature Cauda equina syndrome
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits 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.
7 June News Recent judgment highlights Expert Witness failings 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence The Honourable Mr Justice Fraser highlights the numerous failings of an Expert in Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC).
28 May News What the court expects of a competent expert witness 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court gave the keynote address at this year’s EWI Online Conference.
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits 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. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits ‘Those bloody books’ Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Extradition Impartiality Duty to court Suicide risk Autistic spectrum disorder
15 December Case Updates Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited v Wyeth LLC [2020] EWHC 2636 (Pat), 2020 WL 06065614 Experts behaviour, Citations, Confidentiality, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General
24 November News Medical Experts in the Family Courts family court, Family Procedure Rule Committee, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints EWI welcomes the final report and recommendations from the Family Division’s working group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts but raises continued concern about how these recommendations will be delivered.
24 November News Need for law firms to instruct ‘impartial, objective and reasonable’ expert witnesses 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence By Amanda Stevens, Managing Director, London and South - Hudgell Solicitors