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, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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.
13 November News Ensure your expert has the necessary expertise for the case 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Recent judgment highlights the problem when you do not instruct an expert with sufficient expertise
1 November Day in the life A day in the life of a Surgeon 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business Abeezar I Sarela - Consultant Surgeon, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
25 October Day in the life A day in the life of an Investment Banking Expert 07. Receiving Instructions, 17. Maintaining your professional edge Philippe Espinasse - Consultant
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?”
25 October Case Updates Wegner v Murphy [2022] IEHC 525 Medical experts, Redacted reports, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “What if I am provided with incomplete or redacted medical records?”
25 October Case Updates Davison v HM Senior Coroner for Hertfordshire [2022] EWHC 2343 (Admin) Psychiatry, diabulimia, 11. Report Writing “Could you give evidence on diabulimia?” The case: an application to quash the coroner’s verdict on the basis of new evidence about diabulimia.
25 October Case Updates Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mailley [2022] EWHC 2328 (QB) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, ICD/DSM, Disability, 10. 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. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “Getting named as the expert in a family case” The case: a fact-finding hearing in respect of children
18 October News A reflection of the day by Wiebke Morgan, Membership Manager (having watched the event remotely) Family Justice Council – Experts Committee Symposium – 12 October 2022 The event, held at Birmingham Children's Hospital, was hosted by Mr Justice David Williams and offered talks by experts and breakout group opportunities in respect of expert evidence in the family courts. The opening address was provided by Sir Andrew McFarlane. Professor Keith Rix, a Fellow of the Expert Witness Institute gave a presentation on case updates and led one of the break-out groups.