7 August Case Updates Z (A Child: No.2: Welfare Decision) [2023] EWFC 61 Psychology, Psychiatry, Social work, Therapy-availability and cost, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “What if the parent cannot afford to pay for the recommended therapy?”
7 August Case Updates Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v JMC [2023] EWCOP 14 Psychiatry, Capacity, Section 49, Mental Capacity Act, 06. Rules and Regulations “Is a section 49 report an expert report?”
7 August Case Updates Wyrebek v Circuit Court, Gliwice, Poland [2023] EWHC 951 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Psychiatry, Psychometric testing, Intellectual/learning disability, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “The value of psychometric testing”
7 August Case Updates Rowbottom v The Estate of Peter Howard, Deceased [2023] EWHC 931 (KB) Expert's duty, Accident reconstruction, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Don’t try to pull the wool over the judge’s eyes”
7 August Case Updates Lynch v Government of the United States of America [2023] EWHC 876 (Admin) Expertise, 11. Report Writing “This month’s inexpert expert”
5 July News Updated guidance on the use of Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in the family courts in England and Wales Psychology, family court, guidance, British Psychological Society, regulation, 06. Rules and Regulations Joint document by the Family Justice Council and the BPS provides a set of guidelines for how to instruct expert witnesses in family proceedings.
4 July News S-RM approved as an EWI Corporate Partner EWI Corporate Partner, Digital Forensics EWI is delighted to announce that S-RM has been approved as a Corporate Partner.
18 June News Results of the ERE survey make sobering reading equal representation In 2022, women were appointed as the sole expert witness in just 10% of disputes worldwide,
18 June News Criminal Procedure Rules: new criminal practice directions Criminal practice directions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing On 29 May 2023 new criminal practice directions came into force. They are now organised as a set of chapters. Chapter 7 deals with Expert Evidence. There are several changes to note.
18 June Case Updates de Renee v Galbraith-Marten (Rev) [2022] EWFC 118 Procedure rules, family court, 06. Rules and Regulations “The perils of being instructed by a party without the court’s permission”