6 January News Considerations for expert witnesses in the face of dishonest claimants 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints David Stothard, Managing Director at MAPS Medical, examines a recent High Court case in which six medical expert witnesses were involved, which was ultimately dismissed as a result of the claimant’s dishonesty.
3 January Case Updates Re AB (Child Abuse: Expert Witnesses) [1994] EWHC Fam 5 Child abuse, Experts duty, Paediatrics, Brittle bone density, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints “The hazards of flying a kite in court”
3 October Case Updates Bitar v Bank of Beirut SAL [2022] EWHC 2163 (QB) Judicial critism, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General Topics: Judicial criticism
12 September News Reflecting on a bad experience in Court 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints Simon Berney-Edwards, EWI Chief Executive, catches up with a member as they reflect on a recent bad experience and share their learning.
10 June Case Updates B (A Child), Re (Adequacy of Reasons) [2022] EWCA Civ 407 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints Topics: Expert evidence Reasons
10 June Case Updates Smith v Howard [2022] EWHC 562 (TCC) 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints Topics: Experience as an expert
20 May Case Updates The modern expert: personal insights and current issues 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints The Right Hon Lord Hamblen of Kersey, Justice of the Supreme Court, gave the keynote speech at EWI's online conference on 20th May 2022
17 May News What happens when your client sues you for your expert witness report? 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 16. Criticism and Complaints In preparing independent and objective evidence for the court, some experts will have experienced being challenged by the client, who does not like or agree with what has been said.
21 February Case Updates United States of America v Assange [2021] EWHC 3313 (Admin) 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 16. Criticism and Complaints Topics: Duty to the court Criminal Procedure Rules 19.9 Public interest Expert’s declaration
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