20 December Case Updates Modi v Government of India [2022] EWHC 2829 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Suicide risk, Psychiatry “Anything new on the capacity to resist the impulse to commit suicide?”
20 December Giving Oral Evidence Baybasin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2781 (Admin) Psychology, Psychiatry, Risk assessment, Security Catagorisation “The risks of making a risk assessment”
14 November Case Updates Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
25 October Giving Oral Evidence R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 General, Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis “Can your paper trail be followed?”
25 October Report Writing Wegner v Murphy [2022] IEHC 525 Medical experts, Redacted reports “What if I am provided with incomplete or redacted medical records?”
25 October Case Updates Davison v HM Senior Coroner for Hertfordshire [2022] EWHC 2343 (Admin) Psychiatry, diabulimia “Could you give evidence on diabulimia?” The case: an application to quash the coroner’s verdict on the basis of new evidence about diabulimia.
25 October Case Updates Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mailley [2022] EWHC 2328 (QB) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, ICD/DSM, Disability “Does your diagnosis have to be in a recognised international classification?” Relevance: Psychiatry
25 October Case Updates Hertfordshire County Council v Mothers [2022] EWFC 106 General, Duty of Expert “Getting named as the expert in a family case” The case: a fact-finding hearing in respect of children
4 October Expert Discussions and Joint Statements Pickett v Balkind [2022] EWHC 2226 (TCC) Relevance: General Topics: Joint statements Instructions (privilege)
3 October Case Updates Bitar v Bank of Beirut SAL [2022] EWHC 2163 (QB) General, Judicial critism Relevance: General Topics: Judicial criticism