26 August Case Updates R v Jones (Deceased) [2021] EWCA Crim 929 Psychiatry, Diminished responsibility, Appeal against conviction, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Diminished responsibility Appeal against conviction
26 August Case Updates Gordon v Recommendation to the Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 1423 (Admin), 2021 WL 02338442 Autistic spectrum disorder, Psychiatry, Mitigation, Asperger syndrome, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Autistic spectrum disorder Asperger syndrome Mitigation
26 August Case Updates Dulson v Popovych [2021] EWHC 1515 (QB) Negligence, Guidelines, Breach of Duty, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Negligence Topics: Breach of duty Guidelines
26 August Case Updates Director of Public Prosecutions v Kenna [2020] IECA 265 Psychiatry, Insanity defence, Psychosis, Schizoaffective disorder, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topic: Insanity defence Schizoaffective disorder Psychosis
26 August Case Updates Dana UK Axle Ltd v Freudenberg FST GmbH [2021] EWHC 1413 (TCC), 2021 WL 02143477 Independence, Disclosure of instructions, Disclosure of documents relied upon, Retention of records of investigations carried out, Cooperation with the adverse party’s experts, Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil C, CPR Part 35, TCC Guide, Experts meeting, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Responding to questions, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Relevance: General Topics: Disclosure of instructions Disclosure of documents relied upon Retention of records of investigations carried out Cooperation with the adverse party’s experts Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil Claims 2014 CPR Part 35 TCC Guide Independence Experts meetings
26 August Case Updates Ihenacho v The London Borough of Croydon [2021] EWCA Crim 798, 2021 WL 02143805 Fitness to stand trial, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Fitness to plead and stand trial
26 August Case Updates C v DT [2021] SC GLA 37, 2021 WL 02169444 Bias, Forced marriage, Socio-cultural evidence, Records, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion Relevance: General Topics: Forced marriage Socio-cultural evidence Records Bias
24 August Case Updates Crosby v Wakefield MBC, Leeds County Court, unreported, 24 January 2020 Change of opinion, Independence, Range of Opinion, Criticism of a party's legal team, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Independence Change of opinion Range of opinion Criticism of a party’s legal team
23 August Case Updates Gardiner v Tabet [2021] EWHC 563 (Ch), 2021 WL 00965862 Testamentary capacity, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Testamentary capacity
23 August Case Updates R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306, 2021 WL 00848726 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Gross negligence, Free will, Voluntariness, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter