27 July Case Updates Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Limited [2020] EWHC 1581 (TCC), 2020 WL 03272792 General, Conflicts of interest Relevance: General Topics: Conflict of interests
27 July Case Updates SC (a child, suing by her mother and litigation friend, Ac) v University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1610 (QB), 2020 WL 03432826 General, Clinical negligence Relevance: General Topics: Glossary Nature of case: Clinical negligence
27 July Case Updates Darrell Stewart Jones v Ministry of Defence [2020] EWHC 1603 (QB), 2020 WL 03415114 General, Causation, Clinical negligence, Life expectancy, HIV, Delayed diagnosis Relevance: General Clinical negligence Topics: Life expectancy Delayed diagnosis HIV Causation
27 July Case Updates Mr Daniel Donovan, Naled Limited v Grainmarket Asset Management LLP [2020] EWHC 17 (Comm), 2020 WL 00129792 General, Impartiality, Commercial, Incorrect assumption, Change of opinion Relevance: General Commercial Topics: Impartiality Incorrect assumption Change of opinion
27 July Rules and Regulations FL (by his children's guardian) v EN, A Local Authority, AK, JL [2020] EWCA Civ 20, 2020 WL 00353639 General, Experts behaviour, Compliance with court rules Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s behaviour Compliance with court rules
27 July Case Updates Valerie Bannister (Widow and Executrix of the Estate of Dennis Charles Bannister, Deceased) v Freemans Public Limited Company [2020] EWHC 1256 (QB), 2020 WL 02543788 General, Impartiality Relevance: General Topics: Adverse judicial comment Impartiality
27 July Case Updates A Local Authority v AW (by the Official Solicitor as his Litigation Friend) [2020] EWCOP 24, 2020 WL 02573176 Capacity cases, Social media, Sexual relations, Capacity to litigate Relevance: Capacity assessments Nature of case: AW has a diagnosis of mild learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder.
6 July Starting your Expert Witness Business Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees
28 May Report Writing EWI quality control and Regulator’s new requirements of Expert’s reports The new Forensic Science Regulator guidance states that Experts not holding ISO17025 accreditation must declare this deficit in their reports and also outline the steps taken to mitigate the ‘risks associated with non-compliance’. Allen Hirson sets out the EWI's response.
27 May EWI News Applied Psychology Solutions approved as an EWI Corporate Partner EWI is delighted to announce that Applied Psychology Solutions have been approved as a Corporate Partner