7 August Case Updates Z (A Child: No.2: Welfare Decision) [2023] EWFC 61 Psychology, Psychiatry, Social work, Therapy-availability and cost, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “What if the parent cannot afford to pay for the recommended therapy?”
7 August Case Updates Wyrebek v Circuit Court, Gliwice, Poland [2023] EWHC 951 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Psychiatry, Psychometric testing, Intellectual/learning disability, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “The value of psychometric testing”
5 July News Updated guidance on the use of Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in the family courts in England and Wales Psychology, family court, guidance, British Psychological Society, regulation, 06. Rules and Regulations Joint document by the Family Justice Council and the BPS provides a set of guidelines for how to instruct expert witnesses in family proceedings.
6 June Case Updates M (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2023] EWCA Civ 404 Psychology, Psychiatry, Treating doctor, 06. Rules and Regulations “Addressing treatability in a family case”
6 June Case Updates S, Re (A Child: Findings of Fact) [2023] EWCA Civ 346 Psychology, Psychiatry, reliability, 'Achieving Best Evidence', Interviewing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Achieving best evidence in the criminal and family courts”
6 June Case Updates Dr S Bi v E-ACT [2023] EAT 43 Psychology, Psychiatry, Vulnerability, Medical records, 06. Rules and Regulations “Vulnerable parties and witnesses in the Employment Tribunal”
30 May Case Updates FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 419 (KB) Causation, Psychology, Psychiatry, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Apportionment, 11. Report Writing “PTSD resulting from publication of covertly recorded naked images”
30 May Case Updates D v S [2023] EWCOP 8 Psychology, Psychiatry, Neurorehabilitation, Capacity to divorce, 06. Rules and Regulations “What is the test for capacity to divorce?”
3 April Case Updates Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam) Admissibility, Psychology, Parental alienation, Unregulated Experts, Protected titles, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “When is a psychologist not a psychologist?”
3 April Case Updates GKE v Gunning [2023] EWHC 332 (KB) Psychology, Psychiatry, Breach of Duty, Field of expertise, Counselling, Boundary violation, 11. Report Writing “Is counselling therapy?”