15 February Case Updates R v Dunleavy [2021] EWCA Crim 39 Psychology, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing Issues: Admissibility of expert evidence Autistic spectrum disorder Theory of mind Admissibility of evidence Mens rea Appeal
15 February Case Updates Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69 Neurology, 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Neurology Topics: Records Consent to examination Substance of all material instructions Qualified opinion
15 February Case Updates The Government of the United States of America v Assange (2020) Westminster Magistrates’ Court Impartiality, Autistic spectrum disorder, Extradition, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits ‘Those bloody books’ Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Extradition Impartiality Duty to court Suicide risk Autistic spectrum disorder
15 February Case Updates Minstrell Recruitment Limited v Lockett [2020] EWHC 3537 (Ch) Psychiatry, Imprisonment, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Imprisonment (effects on mental health)
15 February Case Updates MN v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1746 Psychiatry, Medicine, Forensic medicine, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Medical Psychiatry Forensic medicine Topics: Ultimate issue Credibility Clinical plausibility Trafficking
15 February Case Updates M (Children) v Wiltshire Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1717 Experts duty, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s duty to the court
15 February Case Updates AK v A London Borough Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1755 11. Report Writing, 07. Receiving Instructions Relevance: Psychiatry Child psychiatry Topics: Litigation capacity (a child) Autistic spectrum disorder
15 February Case Updates Young v Downey [2020] EWHC 3457 (QB) Psychiatry, Nervous shock, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Nervous shock Secondary victims
15 February Case Updates A Local Authority v AA [2020] EWCOP 66 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Autism, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Autism Asperger syndrome Auto-erotic asphyxia
15 February Case Updates B v A [2020] EWHC 3138 (Fam) Psychiatry, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topic: Child abduction Parental mental health