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 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.
9 March News New Template: Information for people attending an appointment with an Expert 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits EWI is grateful to member Andrew Quaile who has shared his template with Members so they can make use of it too.
15 February Case Updates Devon Partnership NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) Psychiatry, Medical expert, Remote assessments, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Medical experts Psychiatry Topic: Remote assessments
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Neurology Topics: Records Consent to examination Substance of all material instructions Qualified opinion
15 February Case Updates The Government of the United States of America v Assange (2020) Westminster Magistrates’ Court Impartiality, Autistic spectrum disorder, Extradition, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits ‘Those bloody books’ Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Extradition Impartiality Duty to court Suicide risk Autistic spectrum disorder
15 February Case Updates MN v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1746 Psychiatry, Medicine, Forensic medicine, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Medical Psychiatry Forensic medicine Topics: Ultimate issue Credibility Clinical plausibility Trafficking
15 February Case Updates A Local Authority v AA [2020] EWCOP 66 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Autism, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Autism Asperger syndrome Auto-erotic asphyxia
15 December Case Updates Lisle-Mainwaring v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2020] EWHC 2617 (Ch), 2020 WL 05995240 Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topic: Witness unable to attend trial for health reasons
15 December Case Updates DP v London Borough of Hillingdon [2020] EWCOP 45, 2020 WL 05819325 Capacity cases, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Issues: Capacity assessments Capacity to decide on accommodation