23 August Case Updates IPCom GmbH & Co KG v Vodafone Group Plc, Vodafone Limited, Vodafone UK Limited v Secretary of State for Defence [2021] EWCA Civ 205 Terminology, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Topic: Terminology
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 June Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Declaration, Duty of Expert, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
15 June Case Updates Widdowson v Liberty Insurance Limited, NHS Grampian, NHS Highland [2021] CSOH 15 Negligence, Guidelines, 11. Report Writing The case: Mr Widdowson was seriously injured in a road traffic accident and subsequently died of his injuries on 11 January 2016.
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. 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.
15 June Case Updates Criterion Buildings Ltd v McKinsey and Co Inc (United Kingdom) [2021] EWHC 216 (Ch) Impartiality, Independence, 11. Report Writing Nature of case: a claim for sums in respect of service charges said to be due under leases.
4 June News Are Digital Forensics Experts prone to bias? Bias, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion The Guardian reports that a new study has found participants found more or less evidence on hard drive depending on what contextual information they had.
28 May News What the court expects of a competent expert witness 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. 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 AMDC v AG [2021] EWCOP 5 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topic: Capacity
15 February Case Updates R v Dunleavy [2021] EWCA Crim 39 Psychology, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing Issues: Admissibility of expert evidence Autistic spectrum disorder Theory of mind Admissibility of evidence Mens rea Appeal