30 May Case Updates Zanatta v Metroline Travel Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 224 Assumptions, Accident reconstruction, Facts, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “In the absence of evidence …”
7 February Case Updates RGRE Grafton Ltd v Bewleys Café Grafton Street Ltd [2023] IEHC 25 Ultimate issue, Cross-examination, Architecture, Stained glass, Evidence of fact v expert evidence, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “What is a window?”
7 February Case Updates Egan v Castlrea Co-Operative Liverstock Mart Ltd [2023] IEHC 16 Personal injury, Medical records, Disclosure/discovery, Ireland, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can a medical expert see post-accident medical records in a personal injury case?”
6 February Case Updates Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Merit Merrell Technology Ltd [2018] EWHC 1577 (TCC) Equality of arms, Late emergence of evidence, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Trial by ambush”
20 December Case Updates McQuaid v McQuaid (Re Estate of Terence Benedict McQuaid) [2022] NICh 18 Testamentary capacity, Psychiatry, Documentary evidence, 10. Report Writing, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Would you play on an uneven playing field?”
14 November News 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, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits 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 Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can your paper trail be followed?”
25 October Case Updates Wegner v Murphy [2022] IEHC 525 Medical experts, Redacted reports, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “What if I am provided with incomplete or redacted medical records?”
25 October Case Updates Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mailley [2022] EWHC 2328 (QB) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, ICD/DSM, Disability, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “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 Duty of Expert, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Getting named as the expert in a family case” The case: a fact-finding hearing in respect of children