8 February Giving Oral Evidence Expert slated for numerous failings - both in their report and in courtroom behaviour Report Writing, Language, Duty of Expert, Range of Opinion, Expert Report, Courtroom evidence In cross-examination and at the close of the case, a searing attack on the expert's approach to expert evidence and independence was launched. The judge viewed many of the criticisms as well-founded.
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”
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?”
4 October Giving Oral Evidence EVANS v R&V ALLGEMEINE VERSICHERUNG AG [2022] EWHC 2436 (QB) Expert evidence, Expert Report, Foreign jurisdiction A claimant who had been injuired in a road traffic accident in Germany issued proceedings in England and the matter proceeded to trial. The defendant's expert witness's report had been translated from German and had been certified as correct.
12 September Giving Oral Evidence Reflecting on a bad experience in Court Simon Berney-Edwards, EWI Chief Executive, catches up with a member as they reflect on a recent bad experience and share their learning.
18 August Giving Oral Evidence Expert criticised for tending to be an advocate and concerns about their objectivity or reliability also noted Expert evidence, Expert's behaviour, Independence, Objectivity An expert on Lebanese Banking Law has been criticised for his tendency to advocate , and evidence the expert had given in another case led to judge being concerned about the expert's reliability due to lack of atttention to detail.
15 July Giving Oral Evidence The good, the bad and the ugly: Coldunell Limited V Hotel Management International Ltd Expert evidence, Impartiality, Conflicts of interest, Bias, Independence, Oral testimony Judgment highlights a partisan expert, excellent practice from three experts, and the lengths the other side might go to discredit your expert evidence.
11 July Giving Oral Evidence Cloonan v The Health Service Executive [2022] IECA 129 Psychiatry Topics: Negligence Suicide risk Involuntary admission Expert’s publications
16 June Giving Oral Evidence Partisan experts ignored their instructions Judge states "both experts in this case failed to comply with their duties to the Court, failed to follow their instructions and were partisan in formulating both their reports and their evidence to the Court."
10 June Giving Oral Evidence Palmer v Mantas [2022] EWHC 90 (QB) General, Expert bias Relevance: General Topics: Language Expert bias