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, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits 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, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter
2 August News A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: EXPERT ROLES IN THE CRIMINAL COURT The Perspective of Child Witnesses in Court by Dr Anthony W Baker (Part 2) 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits The second article in this series relates to the psychological and social impact on child witnesses because of their exposure to criminal incidents - in whatever capacity, including their experience of giving their testimony.
20 July Day in the life A day in the life of an Expert Fire Engineer 06. Rules and Regulations, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Glenn Horton Fire Engineer
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