21 February Case Updates R v Grusza In the Crown Court, Cambridge, November 2021, unreported 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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) 16. Criticism and Complaints, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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.
4 February News Charlotte Wells & Co approved as an EWI Corporate Partner Charlotte Wells & Co is the latest organisation to join EWI’s Corporate Partnership scheme.
25 January News Experts warned over bias and use of language in recent judgment Bias, 15. Giving Oral Evidence A high-court judge reminds experts of their duties to the court.
24 January News Forensic Science Regulator Draft Code for comment The Forensic Science Regulator has made a draft of the core part of the single statutory code available for informal comment.
11 January News Core Competencies for Expert Witnesses 17. Maintaining your professional edge The core competencies framework for Expert Witnesses sets out the attributes, knowledge, and skills that experts must develop if they wish to act as an Expert Witness.
22 December News Latest newsletter from the Forensic Science Regulator The December 2021 issue of his Newsletter (Issue 37) has now been published.
14 December News English courts send a message to experts (and their instructing solicitors) 06. Rules and Regulations Expert evidence can be crucial to the success, or failure, of a construction dispute; for example, a case can turn on a judge’s preference for one expert’s delay analysis over the other. Consequently, as Huw Wilkins explains, it is important that experts, as well as instructing solicitors and clients, understand the rules regulating expert evidence in dispute resolution procedures.