15 December Case Updates Michelle Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB), 2020 WL 06384316 Personal injury, Psychiatry, PTSD, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Topics: Material contribution Post-traumatic stress disorder
15 December Case Updates Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited v Wyeth LLC [2020] EWHC 2636 (Pat), 2020 WL 06065614 Experts behaviour, Citations, Confidentiality, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General
14 December News The responsibility of experts in relation to their written evidence 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties A cautionary tale from a recent judgment from the Patents Court highlights an expert's responsibility.
24 November News Medical Experts in the Family Courts family court, Family Procedure Rule Committee, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints EWI welcomes the final report and recommendations from the Family Division’s working group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts but raises continued concern about how these recommendations will be delivered.
6 October Case Updates Akhmedova v Akhmedov [2020] EWHC 2235 (Fam), 2020 WL 04742216 Expert declaration, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Topic: Expert’s declaration
6 October Case Updates Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd, Re [2020] EWHC 2299 (Ch) 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Topic: Expert’s reasoning
6 October Case Updates GFH Capital Ltd v Haigh [2020] 7 WLUK 405 Capacity to litigate, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Assessment of litigation capacity
6 October Case Updates Reactec Limited v Curotec Team Limited [2020] CSOH 77, 2020 WL 04369591 Conflicts of interest, Patent, Expert declaration, Scottish Civil Procedure, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Civil procedure in Scotland Patent cases Topics: Expert declaration Conflict of interest
29 July News Change to the Statement of Truth in Civil Proceedings from 1st October 2020 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The 122nd Update to the Practice Direction includes an improtant change to the Statement of Truth for Experts.
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