13 May Case Updates Frasers Group plc v Saxo Bank AS & Anor [2024] EWHC 188 (Comm) Civil Procedure Rules, CPR rule 35.10, Litigation privilege, Joint Expert Statements, 07. Receiving Instructions, 09. Being instructed as a Single Joint Expert, 06. Rules and Regulations, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The judge considered, but did not reach a conclusion on, whether a party's communications with their expert before a joint meeting of experts should be disclosed.
19 December Helpline Q&A When and how can an expert withdraw from a claim? expert witness practice, how to withdraw from a claim, when to withdraw from a claim, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations
8 December Day in the life Meet Desa Lilic, Expert Witness in Clinical Immunology 07. Receiving Instructions, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Desa is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist and Associate Clinical Lecturer at the Institute for Clinical & Translational Research at Newcastle University. She is an Expert Witness in Clinical Immunology and qualified as a Certified Expert Witness this year. Here, she explains why she got into expert work and why she thrives on the challenges it brings.
16 October Case Updates Jennings v Otis Ltd [2023] EWHC 2039 (KB) Negligence, Experts’ joint inspection, Accident, Engineering, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Witness attendance at experts’ meeting
16 October Case Updates UI2022002729 [2023] UKAITUR UI2022002729 Dishonesty, Psychology, Psychiatry, Credibility, Previous tribunal decisions, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing The importance of previous decisions in immigration and asylum cases
7 August Case Updates ABC v Derbyshire County Council [2023] EWHC 986 (KB) Guidance for the Instruction of Experts in Civil C, CPR Part 35, Instructions, 07. Receiving Instructions, 11. Report Writing “Referring to the Protocol gives the game away”
16 May Day in the life "Work within your expertise. Remember that you are independent – and don’t be bullied by solicitors!" 07. Receiving Instructions, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Insights on being an Expert Witness from Dr Brian Franks, EWI fellow.
10 May Helpline Q&A Commissioning a report from a third party expert on one of the issues the Expert Witness has been instructed to consider Report drafting, Expert opinion, Limits of expert opinion, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Is it acceptable for an Expert Witness to commission a report from a third party expert on one of the issues the Expert Witness has been instructed on and then use the third party expert opinion in their report?
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 January Case Updates Re X, Y and Z (Children) [2010] EWHC B12 (Fam) Medical expert, Medical records, Paediatrics, Fabricated or induced illness, Letter of Instruction, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “Do as you are told”