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
11 January Case Updates Davies v Ford [2020] EWHC 3063 (Ch), 2020 WL 06947674 Qualification, 07. Receiving Instructions Topic: Qualifications The case: The second defendant wanted to adduce expert evidence from a waste management expert in the quantum trial of the claim.
11 January Case Updates Magee v Joy Angela Willmott [2020] EWHC 1378 (QB), 2020 WL 02797582 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Topics: Breach of duty Expert’s duty to instructing party
27 July Case Updates LK [2020] CSIH 40, 2020 WL 03841232 Obstetrics, Midwifery, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Obstetrics/midwifery
27 July Case Updates Toby Chaplin v Ben Pistol Personal injury, Life expectancy, Statistics, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Personal injury litigation Topics: Life expectancy Statistics
27 July Case Updates Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Limited [2020] EWHC 1581 (TCC), 2020 WL 03272792 Conflicts of interest, 06. Rules and Regulations, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Relevance: General Topics: Conflict of interests
27 July Case Updates Darrell Stewart Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB), 2020 WL 03415114 Causation, Clinical negligence, Life expectancy, HIV, Delayed diagnosis, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Clinical negligence Topics: Life expectancy Delayed diagnosis HIV Causation
6 July Case Updates Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees