17 March News New edition of the Commercial Court Guide issue 06. Rules and Regulations The 11th Edition of the guide includes some changes to guidance for Expert Evidence
21 February Case Updates R v Miller [2021] EWCA Crim 1955 Psychiatry, 06. Rules and Regulations Topics: Hospital order with restrictions Life imprisonment
21 February Case Updates United States of America v Assange [2021] EWHC 3313 (Admin) 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Topics: Duty to the court Criminal Procedure Rules 19.9 Public interest Expert’s declaration
21 February Case Updates Tehrani v Hamilton Bonaduz AG [2021] EWHC 3457 (IPEC) 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Topics: Primary duty Independence Bias Objectivity References Authorities Cross-examination
21 February Case Updates R v Grusza In the Crown Court, Cambridge, November 2021, unreported 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Topics: Procedural rules Responsibilities of experts instructed by the prosecution Disclosure Legal privilege Answers to questions
21 February Case Updates Director of Public Prosecutions v IG [2021] IECA 91 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Topics: Nature of expert evidence Fact v opinion Reliance on subject’s self-reported history
14 December News English courts send a message to experts (and their instructing solicitors) 06. Rules and Regulations Expert evidence can be crucial to the success, or failure, of a construction dispute; for example, a case can turn on a judge’s preference for one expert’s delay analysis over the other. Consequently, as Huw Wilkins explains, it is important that experts, as well as instructing solicitors and clients, understand the rules regulating expert evidence in dispute resolution procedures.
14 December Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Forensic accountancy, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 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.
14 December Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Forensic accountancy, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
14 December Case Updates WWRT Limited v Tyshchenko [2021] EWHC 939 (Ch) Forensic accountancy, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The reports of two experts contained no CPR-compliant statements of truth, nor did they otherwise comply with the requirements of CPR Part 35.