21 February Case Updates Thorvaldsen v Dundee City Council [2021] ScotCS CSOH 120 Personal injury, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Topics: Somatoform disorder
24 August Case Updates Foley v The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform [2021] IEHC 257 Personal injury, Psychiatry, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Corroboration, Ireland, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Post-traumatic stress disorder Personal injury Corroboration
15 December Case Updates Michelle Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB), 2020 WL 06384316 Personal injury, Psychiatry, PTSD, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Topics: Material contribution Post-traumatic stress disorder
27 July Case Updates Toby Chaplin v Ben Pistol Personal injury, Life expectancy, Statistics, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Personal injury litigation Topics: Life expectancy Statistics
1 March Case Updates Thimmaya v Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust [2020] 1 WLUK 437 Personal injury, Legal test, Wasted cost order, Negligence, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing ‘The cost of Iicompetence’ Relevance: General; Personal injury (negligence) Topic: Legal tests for negligence Wasted costs order against expert witness
31 December Case Updates Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 980 (QB), 2019 WL 01643863 Personal injury, Recovery of damages, Pathological grief, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “When is a mental disorder not a mental disorder?” Relevance: Personal injury cases involving bereavement Topic: Recovery of damages for pathological grief
2 July News The admissibility of expert evidence on life expectancy Personal injury, Life expectancy, 06. Rules and Regulations An interesting decision from one of the QBD Master Davison on the admissibility of expert evidence on life expectancy.