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, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. 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 Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB), 2021 WL 00542118 Causation, Psychiatry, Diagnosis, Taxonomy, Adjustment Disorder, Depressive illness, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Diagnosis Causation Taxonomy Adjustment disorder Depressive illness
23 August Case Updates A Local Authority v Mother 2021 WL 00781531 Psychiatry, Oral testimony, Diagnosis, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Oral testimony Diagnosis
23 August Case Updates PCP Capital Partners LLP v Barclays Bank PLC [2021] EWHC 307 (Comm), 2021 WL 00741982 Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Oral testimony, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Oral testimony Impartiality
23 August Case Updates R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306, 2021 WL 00848726 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Gross negligence, Free will, Voluntariness, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter
23 August Case Updates Jarman v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 323 (QB), 2021 WL 00622030 Behaviour of expert, Bias, Orthopaedics, Cauda equina syndrome, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Orthopaedics Topics: Bias Reliance on literature Cauda equina syndrome
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. 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.
7 June News Recent judgment highlights Expert Witness failings 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence The Honourable Mr Justice Fraser highlights the numerous failings of an Expert in Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC).
28 May News What the court expects of a competent expert witness 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court gave the keynote address at this year’s EWI Online Conference.
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Neurology Topics: Records Consent to examination Substance of all material instructions Qualified opinion