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, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “Do as you are told”
3 January Case Updates Lehman Brothers Holdings Scottish v Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc [2021] EWCA Civ 1523 (CA) Nature of expert evidence, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Do experts give evidence of fact?”
20 December Case Updates Modi v Government of India [2022] EWHC 2829 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Suicide risk, Psychiatry, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “Anything new on the capacity to resist the impulse to commit suicide?”
20 December Case Updates Baybasin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2781 (Admin) Psychology, Psychiatry, Risk assessment, Security Catagorisation, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “The risks of making a risk assessment”
7 December News Should you challenge an expert's view without calling them to court? Expert evidence, Expert Report, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The short answer is No
14 November News Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
13 November News Ensure your expert has the necessary expertise for the case 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Recent judgment highlights the problem when you do not instruct an expert with sufficient expertise
10 October Day in the life A day in the life of a Forensic Accountant 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 06. Rules and Regulations Kay Linnell - Forensic Accountant
10 October Day in the life Wrongful Trading: A Forensic Accountant's Perspective 06. Rules and Regulations Rakesh Kapila - Chartered Accountant
10 October Day in the life A day in the life of an IT expert witness 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing We spoke to one of our IT Expert Witnesses to understand their role.