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, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 07. 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, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 10. 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, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. 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 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. 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.
22 November Case Updates The liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc. Conflicts of interest, Bias, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 16. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General
23 August Case Updates Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB), 2021 WL 00542118 Causation, Psychiatry, Diagnosis, Taxonomy, Adjustment Disorder, Depressive illness, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Diagnosis Causation Taxonomy Adjustment disorder Depressive illness
15 June Case Updates De Sena v Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) Negligence, Breach of Duty, Nature of Expertise, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions The case: a claim brought by the claimants against the defendants in relation to a corporate demerger which took place in relation to a family company.
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Neurology Topics: Records Consent to examination Substance of all material instructions Qualified opinion
15 February Case Updates AK v A London Borough Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1755 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions Relevance: Psychiatry Child psychiatry Topics: Litigation capacity (a child) Autistic spectrum disorder
15 February Case Updates AMDC v AG [2020] EWCOP 58, 2020 WL 06749202 Psychiatry, Capacity assessment, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 07. Receiving Instructions Relevance: Psychiatry Capacity assessments Topic: Assessment of capacity