21 February Case Updates Freeman v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3378 (QB) Obstetrics, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Topics: Testimony Placental abruption Couvelaire uterus
21 February Case Updates BCX v DTA [2021] EWHC B27 (Costs) 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid Topics: Fees
21 February Case Updates Thorvaldsen v Dundee City Council [2021] ScotCS CSOH 120 Personal injury, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Somatoform disorder
21 February Case Updates A Local Authority v JB [2021] UKSC 52 Psychology, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Capacity Sexual relations
21 February Case Updates Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 1694 Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Equality Act 2010 Substantial adverse effect Prognosis
21 February Case Updates Martin v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 3058 (QB) Psychology, Psychiatry, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Capacity Psychometric testing Frontal lobe damage Executive function
21 February Case Updates R v Grusza In the Crown Court, Cambridge, November 2021, unreported 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Procedural rules Responsibilities of experts instructed by the prosecution Disclosure Legal privilege Answers to questions
21 February Case Updates ECU Group PLC v HSBC Bank PLC [2021] EWHC 2875 (Comm) 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints Topics: Correcting errors Change of opinion Assumptions Standard of proof Statistics
21 February Case Updates Director of Public Prosecutions v IG [2021] IECA 91 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Topics: Nature of expert evidence Fact v opinion Reliance on subject’s self-reported history
14 February News Fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims The government has announced a consultation into a new scheme to enable claimants and defendants to achieve faster resolution of ‘lower value’ clinical negligence claims (claims valued up to and including £25,000) at a lower, more proportionate cost than under the current system.