25 October Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 08. Working with Instructing Parties “Can your paper trail be followed?”
10 October Day in the life A day in the life of an IT expert witness 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing We spoke to one of our IT Expert Witnesses to understand their role.
13 June Case Updates M (A Child : Private Law Children Proceedings: Case Management: Intimate Images) [2022] EWHC 986 (Fam) Psychology, Psychiatry, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Topics: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder Vulnerable persons/witnesses Ground rules hearing Intermediary
14 December Case Updates Bux v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 762 07. Receiving Instructions, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Responding to questions The case: Dr Bux appealed against the findings of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal and against its decision directing his erasure from the Medical Register.
22 November Case Updates The liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc. Conflicts of interest, Bias, 07. Receiving Instructions, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General
23 August Case Updates Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB), 2021 WL 00542118 Causation, Psychiatry, Diagnosis, Taxonomy, Adjustment Disorder, Depressive illness, 07. Receiving Instructions, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Diagnosis Causation Taxonomy Adjustment disorder Depressive illness
20 July Day in the life A day in the life of an Expert Fire Engineer 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, Grenfell Tower, 06. Rules and Regulations Glenn Horton Fire Engineer
15 June Case Updates De Sena v Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) Negligence, Breach of Duty, Nature of Expertise, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The case: a claim brought by the claimants against the defendants in relation to a corporate demerger which took place in relation to a family company.
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Neurology Topics: Records Consent to examination Substance of all material instructions Qualified opinion
15 February Case Updates AK v A London Borough Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1755 07. Receiving Instructions, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Child psychiatry Topics: Litigation capacity (a child) Autistic spectrum disorder